Response of thermites to dynamic high pressure and shear

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

Volumn 456, Issue 1998, 2000, Pages 1483-1503

  Walley, S M ^a   Balzer, J E ^a   Proud, W G ^a   Field, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dropweight; High speed photography; Hugoniot; Shock; Structural bond energy release; Thermites

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746469425     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2000.0572     Document Type: Article

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