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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781701303321

Titolo

Shock waves, explosions, and detonations / / editors, J.R. Bowen [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., c1983

ISBN

1-60086-560-7

1-60086-341-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (530 pages) : illustrations, charts

Collana

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; ; v. 87

Altri autori (Persone)

BowenJ. R (J. Raymond)

Disciplina

629.1 s

541.3/6

Soggetti

Explosions

Shock waves

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Technical papers selected from the eighth International Colloquium on Gasdynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Minsk, USSR, August 1981, and subsequently revised for this volume."

Companion vol. to the colloquium's Flames, lasers, and reactive systems.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""List of Series Volumes""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter I. Shock Waves Interactions""; ""The Study of Shock-Induced Signals and Coherent Effects in Solids by Molecular Dynamics""; ""Oblique Shock Waves in Two-Phase Flow""; ""Equilibrium Shock Wave Properties in Dusty and Clean Air""; ""Shock Waves in Water Induced by Focused Laser Radiation""; ""Ignition of Small Particles Behind Shock Waves""; ""Reflection of Shock Waves at Rigid Walls in Two-Phase Media""; ""Relaxation Phenomena in a Foamy Structure""

""Chapter II. Blast Waves"" ""Self-Similar Blast Waves Incorporating Deflagrations of Variable Speed""; ""Analysis of Reactive Blast Waves Propagating Through Gaseous Mixtures with Spatially Distributed Chemical Energy""; ""On the Use of General Equations of State in Similarity Analysis of Flame-Driven Blast Waves""; ""Optical Interferometry of Spherical Shock Waves""; ""A Study of Explosive Shock Tubes""; ""The Taylor Instability of Contact Boundary Between Expanding Detonation Products and a Surrounding Gas""; ""Chapter III.



Gaseous Detonations""

""Properties of Detonation Waves in Hydrocarbon-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixtures at High Initial Pressures"" ""Overdriven Gaseous Detonations""; ""Motion of Solid Bodies in Combustible Gas Mixtures""; ""Direct Initiation of Detonation in LNG/Air Clouds""; ""Influence of Walls on Pressure Behind Self-Sustained Expanding Cylindrical and Plane Detonations in Gases""; ""Kinetic Modelling of Ethane/Air Detonability""; ""Chapter IV. Heterogeneous Detonations""; ""Detonations Supported by Physical Explosions of Liquefied Gases""; ""Effect of Liquid Films on Detonation in a Gaseous Mixture""

""Ignition of Aluminum Particles in a Gaseous Detonation"" ""A Model of Blast Waves Propagating in Coal Mines""; ""Multifront Combustion of Two-Phase Media""; ""Flame Propagation in Dust-Air Mixtures at Minimum Explosive Concentration""; ""Chemical Kinetics of Detonation in Some Organic Liquids""; ""Chapter V. Explosions in Solids""; ""Shock Induced Hot-Spot Formation and Subsequent Decomposition in Granular, Porous HNS Explosive""; ""Initiation of Detonations""; ""Shock Wave Predetonation Processes in Porous High Explosives""; ""Author Index""