Dynamics of detonations and explosions [electronic resource] : detonations / edited by A.L. Kuhl ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Kuhl, A. L.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Conference Name:

International Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (12th : 1989 : Ann Arbor, Mich.)

International Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems

Series:

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 133.

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 133

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Explosions--Congresses.

Explosions.

Detonation waves--Congresses.

Detonation waves.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter I. Gaseous Detonations""; ""Chronology of Early Research on Detonation Wave""; ""Detonability of Hydrocarbon Fuels in Air""; ""Detonation of Cryogenic Gaseous Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixtures""; ""Detonation Characteristics of Gaseous Methane-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixturesat Extremely Elevated Initial Pressures""; ""Correlation between Chemical Kinetics and Detonation Structure for Gaseous Explosive Systems""; ""Influence of Tetrafluoromethane on Hydrogen-Oxygen-Argon Detonations""

""Chapter II. Detonation: Initiation and Transmission""""Initiation of Hydrogen-Air Detonations by Turbulent Fluorine-Air Jets""; ""Detonation of Unconfined and Semiconfined Charges of Gaseous Mixtures""; ""Initiation of a Detonation Wave Due to Multistage Self-Ignition""; ""Critical Energy of Direct Detonation Initiation in Gaseous Mixtures""; ""Limit Criterion of Detonation in Circular Tubes""; ""Effects of a Negative Step of Fuel Concentration on Critical Diameter of Diffraction of a Detonation""; ""Oblique Detonation at Hypersonic Velocities""

""Numerical Simulation of Layered Detonations""""Chapter III. Nonideal Detonations and Boundary Effects""; ""Photographic Study of the Structure and Propagation Mechanisms of Quasidetonations in Rough Tubes""; ""Calculation of the Velocity of Gaseous Detonation in a Rough Tube Based on Measurements of Shock Wave Attenuation""; ""Studies of the Mechanism of Detonation Propagation in Porous Structures""; ""Propagation of Gaseous Detonations over Liquid Layers""; ""Surface Detonations and Indirect Ignition Processes""; ""Detonation of Unconfined Large-Scale Fuel Spray-Air Clouds""

""Chapter IV. Multiphase Detonations""""Lean Detonation Limit of Sensitized Kerosene Sprays in Air""; ""Explosive Decomposition of Hydrazine by Rapid Compression of a Gas Volume""; ""Detonation Structure of Corn Starch Particles-Oxygen Mixtures""; ""Influence of Dust Parameters on Detonation Velocity, Structure, and Limits""; ""Multiple Gauges for In Situ Measurements of Pressure and Particle Velocity in Condensed Materials""; ""Author Index""

Notes:

"Technical papers presented from the Twelfth International Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 1989, and subsequently revised for this volume."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60086-606-9

1-60086-387-6

OCLC:

922978637