An experimental investigation of the direct initiation of spherical detonations

Flame acceleration and the development of detonation in fuel–oxygen mixtures at elevated temperatures and pressures

“…It is this aspect that is explored in the present paper. For more detailed descriptions of detonation theory and structure see Nettleton [4], Strehlow [5] and Edwards et al [6].…”

Detonation properties of saturated hydrocarbons

“…The reliability of the calculated parameters can be evaluated from Figs. 4-7 and 8a, where the calculated results are compared with experimental data [5,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. Figures 4 and 5 show the cell size as a function of the initial pressure for a pure methane-oxygen mixture (Fig.…”

Shock Waves, Explosions, and Detonations

“…Several models Korbeinikov et al 1972;Lee and Ramamurthi 1976;Edwards et al 1976;Strehlow and Salm 1976;Sichel 1977;Westbrook and Haselman 1979;Atkinson et al 1980) incorporating the essential features of the events characteristic of the critical initiation energy regime have been used to estimate the critical initiation energy. These models do not provide the time-dependent details of the interaction between the gasdynamic processes and chemical reaction leading to the establishment of the critical states necessary for detonation initiation.…”