Spontaneous initiation of detonations

Progress in Energy and Combustion Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-55

  Bartenev, A M ^a   Gelfand, B E ^a  

^a SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETONATION; FLAMMABILITY; GAS DYNAMICS;

DETONATION INITIATION;

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

EID: 0033627017     PISSN: 03601285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1285(99)00007-6     Document Type: Review

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