On the explosion length invariance in direct initiation of detonation

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 637-644

  Radulescu, Matei I ^a   Higgins, Andrew J ^a   Lee, John H S ^a   Murray, Stephen B ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CFB Suffield   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETONATION; ETHYLENE; EXPLOSIONS; GEOMETRY; MIXTURES; SHOCK WAVES; SPHERES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CRITICAL LENGTH; CRITICAL REGIMES; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; DIRECT INITIATIONS; FUEL-AIR MIXTURES; LENGTH INVARIANCES; SHOCK WAVE VELOCITY;

INITIATORS (EXPLOSIVES);

EID: 84915788663     PISSN: 15407489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0082-0784(00)80264-7     Document Type: Article

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