Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Explosion Phenomena and Characteristics
1.1.1 Explosion Phenomenon
1.1.2 Generalized Definition of Explosion
1.2 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
1.2.1 Some Important Concepts and Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
1.2.2 First Law of Thermodynamics
1.2.3 Second Law of Thermodynamics
1.2.4 Helmholtz Free Energy and Gibbs Free Energy
1.3 Properties of Gas and Equations of State
1.3.1 Properties of Gases
1.3.2 Equations of State
Chapter 2 Waves
2.1 Concepts
2.2 Sound Wave
2.3 One-Dimensional Plane Isentropic Flow of Gas
Chapter 3 Shock Wave
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Basic Equations of Shock Wave
3.3 Plane Shock Wave in Air
3.4 Characters of Shock Wave
3.5 Isentrope, Rayleigh Line and Hugoniot
3.6 Reflection of Shock Wave
Chapter 4 Thermochemistry of Explosive
4.1 Explosion Heat
4.1.1 Experimental Measurement of Explosion Heat
4.1.2 Calculation of Explosion Heat
4.1.3 Ways of Improving the Explosion Heat
4.2 Determination of Explosion Temperature
4.2.1 Experimental Measurement of Explosion Temperature
4.2.2 Theoretical Calculation of Explosion Temperature
4.2.3 Ways to Change Explosion Temperature
4.3 Equation of Explosion Reaction
4.3.1 Theoretical Calculation of the Equation of Explosion Reaction
4.3.2 Reaction Equation of the First Kind of Explosives
4.3.3 Reaction Equation of the Second Kind of Explosives
4.3.4 Simplified Rule for Determining the Equations of Explosion Reaction
4.4 Calculation for the Volume of Explosion Gases
Chapter 5 Detonation Theory
5.1 The Hydrodynamic Theory of Detonation Wave
5.2 Zeldovich-von Neumann-Doering Theory
5.3 Taylor Wave
5.4 Detonation Shock Dynamics
5.5 Detonation Wave Parameter Measurements
5.5.1 Reaction-zone Measurements
5.5.2 Detonation Wave Velocity Measurement
5.5.3 Experimental Measurement of C-J Pressure
5.6 Detonation Wave Parameters Calculation Methods
5.7 Factors Affecting Detonation Wave Propagation
5.7.1 Diameter Effects: 2-D Steady Detonation
5.7.2 Detonation Velocity vs. Diameter
5.7.3 Factors Affecting the Critical Diameter of Charge
Chapter 6 Ignition & Initiation of Explosives
6.1 Thermal Explosion Theory of Explosives
6.1.1 The Physical Process of Thermal Explosion
6.1.2 Theory Model of Thermal Explosion
6.1.3 Thermal Sensitivity of Explosives
6.2 Shock Initiation of Explosives
6.2.1 Shock Initiation of Homogeneous Explosives
6.2.2 Shock Initiation of Heterogeneous Explosives
6.2.3 Hot Spots and Explosive Ignition
6.2.4 Ignition Modelling
6.3 Non-shock Initiation of Explosives
6.3.1 Initiation of Explosion by Friction
6.3.2 Initiation by Friction of Explosion in Liquids
6.3.3 Initiation of Explosion in Solids: the Influence of Grit
6.3.4 Initiation by Impact of Explosion in Solids
6.4 Sensitivity Evaluation of Explosives
6.4.1 Mechanically-Confined Cook-off Tests
6.4.2 Drop-weight Test
6.4.3 Susan Test
6.4.4 Steven Test
Chapter 7 Movement of Detonation Products
7.1 Expansion of Detonation Products
7.2 Impulse Acting on the Rigid Wall
7.3 Driving Effects on Piston
7.4 Acceleration of the Cylinder Shell
7.4.1 Energy Model
7.4.2 Momentum Model for Calculating v0
7.4.3 Gurney Model for Calculating the Fragment Velocity
Chapter 8 Initial Shock Wave Parameters Calculation at the Interface of Compressible Solid
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Interface Between Explosive and Compressible Solid
8.2.1 The Case at Px ( Pj
8.2.2 The Case at Px ) Pj
8.3 Interface Between Compressible Solids
8.4 Shock Wave Transmission and Reflection
8.4.1 Impedance Matching Technique
8.4.2 Transmission
8.4.3 Reflection at the Free Surface
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