The Physics, Chemistry and Dynamics of Explosions

Abstract

The motivation for devoting a Theme Issue to explosions is discussed. As subsequent articles in the issue are written with the assumption that the reader has had a certain amount of previous exposure to the subject, some of the history and necessary background information are presented here. The topics on explosions that will be encountered in the remaining articles are previewed. Finally, several important future outstanding research problems, beyond those addressed in the following articles, are discussed, with the objective of complementing the coverage of explosions in this issue.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA554418

Entities

People

  • Elaine Oran
  • Forman A. Williams

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Cellular Structures
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Dynamics
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Ignition
  • Materials
  • Physics
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves
  • Turbulent Mixing

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