Detonation initiation of hydrocarbon-air mixtures in a pulsed detonation engine

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 5271-5280

  Schauer, F R ^a   Miser, C L ^a   Tucker, K C ^a   Bradley, R P ^b   Hoke, J L ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFLAGRATION-TO-DETONATION TRANSITION (DDT); DETONATION INITIATION; HYDROCARBON/AIR MIXTURES; PULSED DETONATION ENGINES (PDE);

AIR; ENGINES; EXPLOSIVES; FLAME RESEARCH; HYDROCARBONS; OXIDATION;

DETONATION;

EID: 30744461390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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