| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K48655/01 |
| Title: |
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE DEFLAGRATION TO DETONATION TRANSITION (DDT) OF GRANULAR EXPLOSIVES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Field, Professor J |
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Physics |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 March 1995 |
Ends: |
28 February 1997 |
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74,750
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| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
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Studies of the deflagration-detonation transition in PETN in a newly-designed confinement which allows high speed streak photography.Measurement of pressures at various stages of DDT using manganin stress gauges.Use of barriers to explore basic physics.Liaison with theoreticians.
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