Fig. 4

Inter-granular contact between agglomerate grains: a SEM image of TATB microstructure showing interface between two agglomerate grains (from [6]), and b Idealized 2D agglomerate spherical grain comprised of perfectly aligned and bonded TATB crystal platelets. Slip-plane at \({\overline{n}}^{*}\) is described relative to the local grain axes aligned with crystals’ basal plane normal by angle \(\theta \)