Aim\ To study the scope of applications and the relation between the data measured from steel dent test and detonation pressure of explosives. Methods\ Through measuring steel dent data of explosive samples made of different materials and calculating theoretical detonation pressure

the parameter of the relation between steel dent data and detonation pressure are fitted. Results\ The deviation of corrected detonation pressure from theoretical one is less than 5%. Conclusion\ The scope of application of the emperical formula of the steel dent data and detonation pressure and their parameter are given. Through measuring steel dent data of explosive sample from steel dent test

the relational expression between the steel dent data and detonation pressure can be used to represent the energy output of explosive sample quantitatively.