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Instability of a detonation waves in nitromethane and FEFO

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The stability of detonation waves in nitromethane and FEFO was studied in experiments using a VISAR laser interferometer and an SFR high-speed photorecorder. It is shown that the relationship between various types of instability of the detonation front in liquid explosives is not strictly deterministic. Waves of reaction failure exist in the case of a stable detonation front (no cellular structure) and are absent in the case of an unstable detonation front.

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  1. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russia

    A. V. Utkin, V. M. Mochalova, S. I. Torunov & S. A. Koldunov

  2. Tomsk State University, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

    A. V. Utkin & V. M. Mochalova

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Utkin, V.M. Mochalova, S.I. Torunov, S.A. Koldunov.

Published in Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 87–93, July–August, 2015.

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Utkin, A.V., Mochalova, V.M., Torunov, S.I. et al. Instability of a detonation waves in nitromethane and FEFO. Combust Explos Shock Waves 51, 476–481 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508215040127

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