BLAST WAVES GENERATED BY CONSTANT VELOCITY FLAMES: A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH

The self-similar solution to the blast waves generated by a constant velocity flame can be calculated easily if one assumes that the pressure and density between the flame and shock are constant, irrespective of geometry. The technique of calculation is discussed and the results are compared to the exact solution (which involves numerical integration of differential equations) to assess the inaccuracies introduced by this simplifying assumption. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Availability: Pub. in Combustion and Flame, 24 p257-261 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Urbana, IL  United States  61801
• Authors:
  • Strehlow, R A
• Publication Date: 1974-5-30

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Combustion; Density; Detonation; Differential equations; Explosions; Flames; Geometry; Numerical integration; Pressure; Reprints; Velocity
• Old TRIS Terms: Blast waves
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133244
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: AFOSR-TR-76-0276
• Contract Numbers: AF-AFOSR-2524-73
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 2002 12:00AM