Detonation initiation by high-voltage pulsed discharges

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 18, Issue , 2007, Pages 12437-12446

  Zhukov, V P ^a   Rakitin, A E ^a   Starikovskii, A Yu ^a  

^a MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE DISCHARGES; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

DETONATION INITIATION; DETONATION TRANSITION; FLAME FRONT PROPAGATION; MIXTURE EXCITATION;

DETONATION;

EID: 34250904099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-1029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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