A few remarks about the Gurney energy of condensed explosives

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 314-316

  Danel, Jean Francois ^a   Kazandjian, Luc ^a  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Cylinder Test; Detonation Velocity; Gurney Energy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DETONATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EVALUATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CYLINDER TESTS; DETONATION VELOCITY; GURNEY ENERGY; POLYTROPIC GAMMA;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 19644361843     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200400060     Document Type: Article

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