WAVE DYNAMIC STUDIES.

Abstract

A study was made of gas-wave-dynamic phenomena during the transient state from combustion initiation to stable detonation. The results should provide basic information on the generation of pressure waves by explosive reactions, important to the understanding of combustion instability in rocket chambers and similar devices, as, for instance, supersonic combustion propulsion systems for hypersonic flight vehicles. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0698851

Entities

People

  • A. K. Oppenheim

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Detonations
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Flight
  • Hypersonic Flight
  • Instability
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Supersonic Combustion

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics