Numerical investigation of deflagration to detonation transitions

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 153-186

  Tegnér, Jon ^a,b   Sjögreen, Björn ^b  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Deflagration; Detonation; Pulse detonation engine; Transition

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE; SHOCK WAVES;

DEFLAGRATION; REACTION EQUATION;

DETONATION;

EID: 0346280131     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200290021281     Document Type: Article

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