Unsteady Shock Wave Initiation of a Detonation Wave in a Compressible Gas Mixture.

Abstract

The equations for calculating the time dependent growth of a H2-02-Ar detonation wave from a shock wave are presented and compared with experiment. The sensitivity of the transition to the precursor shock strengths is illustrated as is the dependent of the transition on reaction rate. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA024358

Entities

People

  • Melvin Gerstein
  • Robert George Surette

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrhenius Equation
  • Detonation Waves
  • Detonations
  • Equations
  • Mathematics
  • Precursors
  • Sensitivity
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Transitions
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.