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Detonation (from
Latin detonare 'to
thunder down/forth') is a type of
combustion involving a
supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium...
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Explosive velocity, also
known as
detonation velocity or
velocity of
detonation (VoD), is the
velocity at
which the
shock wave
front travels through a...
- A
rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of
pressure gain combustion,
where one or more
detonations continuously travel around an
annular channel...
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compilation of
published detonation velocities for
various high
explosive compounds.
Detonation velocity is the
speed with
which the
detonation shock wave travels...
- its own
detonation wave. The
procedure involves the
detonation of a
series of
charges of
different diameters until difficulty in
detonation wave propagation...
- Look up
detonation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Detonation is a
process of
combustion in
which a
supersonic shock wave
propagates through a body...
- A
pulse detonation engine (PDE) is a type of
propulsion system that uses
detonation waves to
combust the fuel and
oxidizer mixture. The
engine is pulsed...
- In spark-ignition
internal combustion engines,
knocking (also knock,
detonation,
spark knock,
pinging or pinking)
occurs when
combustion of some of the...
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Deflagration to
detonation transition (DDT)
refers to a
phenomenon in
ignitable mixtures of a
flammable gas and air (or oxygen) when a
sudden transition...
- A
sympathetic detonation (SD, or SYDET), also
called flash over or secondary/secondaries (explosion), is a
detonation,
usually unintended, of an explosive...
