A note on the detonation of TNT
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https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.3.3433Keywords:
Heat, Energy, Detonation Velocity, Application of T.N.TAbstract
Whenever a non-reactive shock passes .through a system which is capable of undergoing an exothermic reaction, the high temperature and pressure in the shock front may start the chemical reaction, and it is possible that the heat evolved, under suitable conditions, map support the wave, and a self sustained stable shock propagate through the system. This shock wave maintained by the heat of the reaction constitutes a stable detonation wave. The equations of conservation of mass, momentum and energy, across the wave give the well known Rankine Huginiot equation. The formulation of an equation of state leaves the conditions behind the pure shook wave undeterminedReferences
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2013-01-01
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Murgai, M. P. (2013). A note on the detonation of TNT. Defence Science Journal, 3(1), 42–50. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.3.3433
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