Shock-induced ignition of thermally sensitive explosives

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 493-520

  Sharpe, Gary J ^a   Short, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical reactions; Detonation; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETONATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; IGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SHOCK WAVES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARRHENIUS KINETICS; PLANAR DETONATION IGNITION; THERMALLY SENSITIVE EXPLOSIVES;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 4644309501     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/69.5.493     Document Type: Article

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