Studies on empirical approaches for estimation of detonation velocity of high explosives

Central European Journal of Energetic Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-48

  Shekhar, Himanshu ^a  

^a HIGH ENERGY MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Density; Detonation; Empirical; Explosives; Heat of formation; Velocity of detonation (VOD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859140069     PISSN: 17337178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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