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Comment on “A model for the trajectory of the transverse detonation resulting from re-initiation of a diffracted detonation” by Yuan et al.

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An incorrect model exponent derived from Whitham’s characteristic rule was used by Yuan et al. (Shock Waves 30:13–27, 2020) to predict the dynamics of detonation diffraction and re-initiation. In this comment, the correct value is presented and the impact of this error is evaluated.

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MIR acknowledges financial support provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through the Discovery Grant “Predictability of detonation wave dynamics in gases: experiment and model development.”

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Radulescu, M.I. Comment on “A model for the trajectory of the transverse detonation resulting from re-initiation of a diffracted detonation” by Yuan et al.. Shock Waves 31, 413–414 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-021-01016-8

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