Explosive ignition by the collapse of cavities

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

Volumn 455, Issue 1987, 1999, Pages 2411-2426

  Bournej, N K ^a   Field, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavity collapse; Explosives; High speed photography; Ignition; Jet impact; Shock loading

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746460727     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0410     Document Type: Article

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