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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781403703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c1991
• ISBN: 1-60086-606-9; 1-60086-387-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (406 p.)
• Collana: Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; ; v. 133
• Altri autori (Persone): KuhlA. L
• Disciplina: 629.2 s; 541.3/61
• Soggetti: Explosions; Detonation waves
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "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."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""