On the role of ambient reactive particles in the mixing and afterburn behind explosive blast waves

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-214

  Balakrishnan, K ^a   Menon, S ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterburn; Aluminum; Blast Wave; Explosive; Hydrodynamic Instability; Mixing

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PARTICLE; BAROCLINIC TORQUES; BLAST WAVES; CONTACT SURFACE; DETONATION PRODUCT; ENERGY RELEASE; ENHANCED MIXING; EXPLOSIVE ENVIRONMENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; LATE STAGE; MASS LOADINGS; MIXING LAYERS; MIXING PROCESS; NUMERICAL METHODOLOGIES; PRESSURE DECAY; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; REACTIVE PARTICLES; RICHTMYER MESHKOV INSTABILITY; SELF-SIMILAR; SIMULATION CAPABILITY; TWO-PHASE PROCESS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; COLD STORAGE; COMPRESSED AIR; DETONATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

MIXING;

EID: 77949509882     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200903341579     Document Type: Article

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