DDT in methane-air mixtures

Shock Waves

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-220

  Kuznetsov, M ^a   Ciccarelli, G ^b   Dorofeev, S ^a,d   Alekseev, V ^a   Yankin, Y ^a   Kim, T H ^c  

^a KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deflagration to detonation transition; Gaseous detonation; Methane air mixtures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036878613     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00193-002-0155-0     Document Type: Article

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