A Brief Description of the DRES Fuel-Air Explosives Testing Facility and Current Research Program,

Abstract

The key features of the fuel-air explosives (FAE) field testing facility at the Defence Research Establishment Suffield (DRES) are described. The current test program at DRES is focused on critical conditions for initiation and transmission of detonation in ethylene-air mixtures. This program includes an investigation of the influence of confinement on the propagation of detonation. Selected results from these investigations are discussed and typical photographic and smoked-foil records obtained during the current test program are included. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA122700

Entities

People

  • I. O. Moen
  • J. W. Funk
  • S. B. Murray
  • S. Ward

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Alkenes
  • Cameras
  • Chemistry
  • Construction
  • Detonation Waves
  • Detonations
  • Ethylenes
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fuel Air Explosives
  • Ignition
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials Science
  • Photographs
  • Recording Systems
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.