On the nonlinear stability and detonability limit of a detonation wave for a model three-step chain-branching reaction

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 339, Issue , 1997, Pages 89-119

  Short, Mark ^a,c   Quirk, James J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHAOS THEORY; DETONATION; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; REACTION KINETICS; STABILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARRHENIUS KINETICS; DETONATION WAVES; PERIOD DOUBLING BIFURCATIONS; THREE STEP CHAIN BRANCHING REACTIONS;

SHOCK WAVES;

EID: 0031141414     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211209700503X     Document Type: Article

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