MIL-HDBK-83578, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HANDBOOK: CRITERIA FOR EXPLOSIVE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES USED ON SPACE VEHICLES (01-JAN-1999) [SUPERSEDING DOD-E-83578] [NO S/S DOCUMENT]

MIL-HDBK-83578, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HANDBOOK: CRITERIA FOR EXPLOSIVE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES USED ON SPACE VEHICLES (01-JAN-1999) [SUPERSEDING DOD-E-83578] [NO S/S DOCUMENT]., This handbook is a guide for certifying applications of explosive systems and devices on space vehicle systems. This handbook provides criteria for design, manufacture and performance certification of explosive systems and explosive devices commonly used on space vehicles and space systems. Explosive systems include components and assemblies that provide stimuli for initiation and propagation of explosive trains used to activate explosive devices. Explosive trains and devices are components or assemblies containing or operated by explosive materials. The latter are, by design, “one-shot” components that cannot be tested completely before use. Performance confidence of “one-shot” components can only be obtained by destructive tests of like samples from common production lots. This handbook describes criteria to certify safe and reliable performance of explosive systems and their “one-shot” components. The information contained in this handbook is intended to be universal sets of tools for explosive system manufacturers and users use during all phases of development and certification. This information can also be used for guidance during preparation of acquisition contracts and program specific documents, and may be used for explosive system applications unrelated to space vehicles.