Deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) refers to a phenomenon in ignitable mixtures of a flammable gas and air (or oxygen) when a sudden transition...
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mixture of fuel and oxidizer. Deflagrations in high and low explosives or fuel–oxidizer mixtures may transition to a detonation depending upon confinement...
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frequency of device pulsations was 23-24 Hz. The deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) occurred due to the mixture heating and the compression of it...
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produces a detonation, rather than the deflagration used in most turbines. Doing so allows for extra work extraction rather than a loss of energy due to pressure...
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a degree for successful transition from a fire to an explosion (a phenomenon known as "deflagration to detonation transition", or DDT). Pure, compact...
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to explain the yet-unsolved problem of deflagration to detonation transition (DDT), where a slow-moving subsonic flame (deflagration) accelerates to a...
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(present-day Sayreville, New Jersey), Oppau, and Tessenderlo. Deflagration to detonation transition. The ammonium nitrate explosion results from a fire that...
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conditions a deflagration to detonation transition can occur, just like that of ammonium nitrate. It is rarely used alone in military operations due to its lower...
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to carbon ratio, (O:C ratio), both of which indicate its explosive potential for formation of N2 and CO2. RDX undergoes a deflagration to detonation transition...
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spiral is a device that assists the transition from deflagration (subsonic combustion) to detonation in a pulse detonation engine. The spiral is named after...
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dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, is an insecticide. DDT may also refer to: Deflagration to detonation transition, a type of explosion DDT (gene) DDT (band) (ДДТ), a rock...
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in studies of deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) processes show that RMI-induced flame acceleration can result in detonation. Rayleigh–Taylor...
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initiator material. It is relatively insensitive. It undergoes deflagration to detonation transition in a relatively short distance, allowing its use in detonators...
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(NPED). Another benefit of NHN is that it will make the DDT (deflagration to detonation transition) in a cardboard shell, eliminating the danger of shrapnel...
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of an unconfined vapor cloud deflagration that turns into a detonation - a so-called deflagration to detonation transition. The accident represents a "worst-possible"...
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D. (November 2019). "A unified mechanism for unconfined deflagration-to-detonation transition in terrestrial chemical systems and type Ia supernovae"...
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Khokhlov, A. M.; Oran, E. S.; Wheeler, J. C. (April 1997). "Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Thermonuclear Supernovae". The Astrophysical Journal...
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Rocket engine (section Thrust-to-weight ratio)
missile second stage engines. The other failure mode is a deflagration to detonation transition; the supersonic pressure wave formed in the combustion chamber...
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delayed detonation explosion of a near–Chandrasekhar mass (MCh) WD at a viewing angle of −30° relative to the point of the deflagration to detonation transition...
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Lead azide has immediate deflagration to detonation transition (DDT), meaning that even small amounts undergo full detonation (after being hit by flame...
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perhaps causing deflagration of the PETN pellet, but it will not cause detonation. PETN-containing EBWs are also relatively insensitive to a static electricity...
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gases in one vessel and pressure piling may result in a deflagration to detonation transition and very large explosion pressure. In electrical equipment...
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the states on both sides of a shock wave or a combustion wave (deflagration or detonation) in a one-dimensional flow in fluids or a one-dimensional deformation...
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are used as solid propellants; in normal use, they undergo deflagration rather than detonation. Smokeless powder made autoloading firearms with many moving...
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Gun (section Transition to true guns)
propagates by deflagration rather than by detonation, and the optimal gunpowder, like the optimal motor fuel, is resistant to detonation. This is because...
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front, or as a detonation. The type of burning that actually occurs depends on the degree to which the fuel and oxidizer are mixed prior to heating: for...
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[citation needed] Boiler explosion Steam explosion Deflagration Explosive boiling Rapid phase transition Kletz, Trevor (1990). Critical Aspects of Safety...
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White dwarf (section Stars with low to medium mass)
Hillebrandt, W.; Stritzinger, M. (2006). "Theoretical light curves for deflagration models of type Ia supernova". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 453 (1): 229–240...
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Car (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
peaked in 2017. Other hydrocarbon fossil fuels also burnt by deflagration (rather than detonation) in ICE cars include diesel, autogas, and CNG. Removal of...
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2H2 When mixed with air, hydrogen is flammable, and hydrogen detonation or deflagration may damage the reactor containment. In reactor designs with small...
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