| Abstract: | Castable aluminized plastic-bonded explosive (PBX) is a multiple components blending. To find an optimum mixture blending (formulation) for PBX to meet several required specifications is formidable. This is due to the fact that there are unlimited candidate formulations from which an appropriate one could be chosen. In general, trial and error type of engineering judgement is still the primary approach to reach the desired goal. This paper, however, employs a statistical approach named Mixture Experiments as well as an optimization routine called Eureka to find the optimum formulation, which meets five required specifications. Finally, two confirmation runs are performed. The results justify that the theroretical solution derived from the systematic statistical approach is indeed applicable. |
