This handbook provides extremely useful data and information about theory and industrial applications that formerly were limited to applications in military ordnance, fireworks, and rock blasting. These "civilian" applications include spacecraft, aircraft, underwater vehicle systems, metal forming, cladding, riveting and some other production methods.Twenty-one chapters contained in six parts: Explosive Materials, Explosive-Actuated Devices, Pyrotechnic Systems, Reliability and Testing, Explosive Production Methods and Appendix. Contains numerous charts, graphs and illustrations as useful aids.