The Physics of Explosive Detonation
The Physics of Explosive Detonation
- Event time: 1:00pm
- Event date: 30th July 2001
- Speaker: Iain MacLeod (University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 2511, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
To date, a clear and satisfactory understanding of the processes involved in explosive initiation and detonation, founded on a microscopic basis, has proved elusive. Although a number of key mechanisms have been proposed, a unifying theoretical framework of detonation and propogation phenomena has not been agreed upon.
This short talk will provide an introduction to this area of materials physics, and to the current ideas of detonation. The use of simulation in investigating energetic materials will be emphasised, (and results might be presented....)
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