Experimental Detonation Propagation Under High Loss Conditions

In previous work, detonation propagation in tubes has been observed to occur at velocities well below the ideal Chapman-Jouguet velocity (UCJ). Such velocity deficits are thought to result from the presence of nonideal boundary conditions, which are not typically accounted for in theory. The growth of viscous and thermal boundary layers serve to remove energy from the reacting flow through frictional dissipatio