Explore: Detonation

Detonation (from Latin detonare 'to thunder down/forth') is a type of combustion involving a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium

Explosive velocity, also known as detonation velocity or velocity of detonation (VoD), is the velocity at which the shock wave front travels through a

A pulse detonation engine (PDE) is a type of propulsion system that uses detonation waves to combust the fuel and oxidizer mixture. The engine is pulsed

A rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of pressure gain combustion, where one or more detonations continuously travel around an annular channel

compilation of published detonation velocities for various high explosive compounds. Detonation velocity is the speed with which the detonation shock wave travels

Detonation nanodiamond (DND), also known as ultradispersed diamond (UDD), is diamond that originates from a detonation. When an oxygen-deficient explosive

The ZND detonation model is a one-dimensional model for the process of detonation of an explosive. It was proposed during World War II independently by

Detonation spraying is one of the many forms of thermal spraying techniques that are used to apply a protective coating at supersonic velocities to a material

Staged detonation is an overall principle used for many explosive devices. A general description of the principle is that one explosive compound with one

its own detonation wave. The procedure involves the detonation of a series of charges of different diameters until difficulty in detonation wave propagation