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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...
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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...
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Staged detonation is an
overall principle used for many
explosive devices. A
general description of the
principle is that one
explosive compound with one...
- 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...
- A
rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of
pressure gain combustion,
where one or more
detonations continuously travel around an
annular channel...
- its own
detonation wave. The
procedure involves the
detonation of a
series of
charges of
different diameters until difficulty in
detonation wave propagation...
- 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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Detonating cord (also
called detonation cord, detacord, detcord, or
primer cord) is a thin,
flexible plastic tube
usually filled with
pentaerythritol tetranitrate...
- A
sympathetic detonation (SD, or SYDET), also
called flash over or secondary/secondaries (explosion), is a
detonation,
usually unintended, of an explosive...
