Detonation of Condensed Explosives

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. The Mechanical and Thermodynamic Aspects of the Propagation of Detonations

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      Pages 1-1

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   2. Generalities Concerning the Reactive Fluid

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      Pages 3-26

   3. Jump Relations in a Perfect Fluid

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      Pages 27-61

   4. The Detonation Layer

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      Pages 62-106

3. Back Matter

   Pages 107-109

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4. Molecular Mechanisms of Explosive Decomposition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. Sensitivity to “Shock” and Molecular Structure

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      Pages 113-124

   3. Sensitivity to “Shock” and Electronic Structure

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      Pages 125-141

   4. Explosive Decomposition

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      Pages 142-152

5. Back Matter

   Pages 153-155

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6. Macroscopic Mechanisms of Generation of Detonation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. Cooperative Mechanisms

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      Pages 159-169

   3. Coupling of Decomposition and Motion

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      Pages 170-188

   4. Generation of Detonation by Plane Shock

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      Pages 189-214

7. The Dynamic Characterization of Explosives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215

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   2. Experimental Methods

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      Pages 217-306

   3. Elementary Configurations of Simple Detonation

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      Pages 307-339

   4. Numerical Predictions

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      Pages 340-385

   5. Epilogue

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      Pages 386-389

This work marks a stage in the evolution of a scientific and technical field which has been developed by the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) over several decades. Many members of the staff of the CEA have won re­ nown in this field, and their work has brought it to the high degree of excel­ lence for which it is internationally recognized today. These scientists had to consider every aspect of the field, as it concerned: modeling, which has recourse to fluid thermodynamics, molecular phys­ ics, and chemistry; numerical evaluation, which relies on mathematical analysis and data processing; and experiments in the firing area, which require specific stress generators and instrumentation. Whilst this book is a testament to the activity and success of staff of the CEA, it also reviews a number ofthe advances made in the discipline. How­ ever, it is not intended to be an exhaustive account of those advances; it is assumed that the reader can, if desired, consult the standard monographs, and more recent, more specialized works (notably W.C. Davis and W. Fickett, and C.L. Mader). The history of the discipline is interesting in itself, and also as an illustra­ tion of the causes which lead to progress in a coherent body of scientific work. I should like to make some comments on this progress, of which there is a fascinating summary in the introduction, and which will figure largely throughout the work.

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• electron
• spectrometry
• structure

• Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique, Paris Cedex 15, France

  Roger Chéret

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