ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF DETONATION IN A GASEOUS MEDIUM,

Abstract

An elementary gasdynamic treatment is made of two problems of detonation analysis: (1) the generation of the pressure wave by the flame kernel, and (2) the interaction between various pressure waves and combustion fronts. In regard to the first problem, two models are presented which represent the lower and upper bounds respectively for the gasdynamics solution of a flow field generated by the initial growth of a flame kernel in an explosive gas. The second problem is analyzed by a graphical technique, the vector polar method. It is concerned only with effects in the large and can be considered as the generalization of the method of characteristics to finite wave interaction processes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0622842

Entities

People

  • A. K. Oppenheim

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combustion
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Detonations
  • Dynamics
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Gases
  • Explosives
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Gases
  • Materials
  • Method Of Characteristics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.