Deflagrations, hot spots, and the transition to detonation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1764, 2000, Pages 3539-3551

  Oran, Elaine S ^a   Khokhlov, Alexei M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deflagration to detonation transition; Explosions; Hot spots; Shock flame interactions; Turbulent flames

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345795356     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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