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Well I would have expectedd explosive velocity to contain material on detonations, deflagrations and blast waves, rather than just detonations. Bob aka Linuxlad (sorry, can't find tilde on this Dell}
Hi, is there any different bettwen velocity of detonation and velocity of blast wave?
Agree - Phsyco_kid
Well yes (IIRC) - a detonation is in steady-state, sustained by a continuing energy source (from the explosion reaction). A Blast wave, though also headed by a strong shock, is from the deposition of a finite amount of energy right back at t=0+. Eventually it settles down to being a weak shock then a sound wave. Courant & Friedriechs is the book (or Landau & Lifschitz) if you can get hold of them. Bob aka
Linuxlad
Agree - Aevangelica
Though they refer to separate properties, they are intrinsically linked, and one would benefit from an explanation of both and how they relate.
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Significance?
The article doesn't really discuss what the significance of explosive velocity is, that is to say, why people would care about it. Is a higher explosive velocity uniformly a more desirable attribute for an explosive, for example? I'd hope the article would answer these questions. —/
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02:41, 21 January 2013 (UTC)reply
Shock vs detonation velocity
What is the difference between shock and detonation velocity? Technically there is a difference I think (shock front vs chemical reaction front) but in steady state burning conditions they should be identical. Are they always identical?
Danski14(talk)18:38, 17 January 2018 (UTC)reply