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Direct initiation of detonation in a hydrogen-oxygen mixture diluted with nitrogen

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The direct initiation of plane and cylindrical detonation waves in a hydrogen-oxygen mixture diluted with nitrogen using an exploding copper wire and a moving piston is investigated.

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Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.6, pp. 151–156, November–December, 1992.

The authors are grateful to G. D. Smekhov for calculating the Chapman-Jouguet detonation parameters and to V. V. Mitrofanov, who reviewed the article, for his useful comments.

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Levin, V.A., Markov, V.V. & Osinkin, S.F. Direct initiation of detonation in a hydrogen-oxygen mixture diluted with nitrogen. Fluid Dyn 27, 873–876 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01051365

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