Comparisons between direct numerical simulation (DNS) of detonation and detonation shock dynamics (DSD) is made. The theory of DSD defines the motion of the detonation shock in terms of intrinsic geometry of the shock surface, in particular for condensed phase explosives the shock normal velocity, Dn, the normal acceleration, Ḋn, and the total curvature, κ. In particular, the properties of thre...

This report describes experimental studies and analyses on the detonation properties of flammable gases that may be present in the waste storage tanks at Hanford, WA. These studies were carried out in the Explosion Dynamics Laboratory, part of the the Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT). Detonation cell sizes and pressures were measured in the G...

We present a new, fully conservative version of the ghost fluid method applicable for tracking material interfaces, inert shocks, and both deflagration and detonation waves in as many as three spatial dimensions. The exact discrete conservation properties are most important when tracking inert shocks and detonation waves, so that is the focus of this paper. In particular, we address the invisci...

The isomeric di-1,2,3,4-tetrazine tetraoxides DTTO and iso-DTTO have aroused considerable interest in recent years as potential energetic compounds, due to their predicted high densities and heats of formation and superior detonation properties. While neither has yet been synthesized, it has been suggested that the N→O linkages on alternate nitrogens will have a stabilizing effect. In the prese...

This paper summarizes the results of systematic studies of field electron emission from detonation nanodiamond coatings corresponding to nanodiamond powders of different modifications. The role of the chemical composition of the surface of detonation nanodiamond particles in field emission mechanisms is discussed. Field emission–related electronic properties of single diamond nanodots are studi...

in this work, the feasibility study for design of a laboratory sample rde which has an annular geometry with diameter of 76 mm and length of 101 mm has been performed. detonation engines are expected to be used as propulsion system in aerospace applications in the future. several types of detonation engines are currently under examination, including the rotating detonation engine (rde). first, ...