A constant-density gurney approach to the cylinder test

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-128

  Reaugh, John E ^a   Souers, P Clark ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylinder Test; Detonation Energy; Fabry Perot Interferometry; Gurney Equation; Streak Camera

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; EXPLOSIVE ACTUATED DEVICES; EXPLOSIVES; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STREAK CAMERAS;

CYLINDER TEST; DETONATION ENERGY; GURNEY EQUATION;

DETONATION;

EID: 2542422883     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200400031     Document Type: Article

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