Talk:Explosive velocity
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[edit] Merge
I say we merge these beasts, hopefully increaseing the length and depth along the way. mastodon 22:51, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
- Agree - Scottyknu
- Agree - Lti
- 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.
