Talk:Detonation velocity

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Merge (2006)[edit]

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Merge Velocity of detonation with Explosive velocity

Result: Merged

September 2006

I say we merge these beasts, hopefully increaseing the length and depth along the way. mastodon 22:51, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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.

Merge complete - Jack (talk) 18:37, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Significance?[edit]

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. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 02:41, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Shock vs detonation velocity[edit]

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]