ON THE DETONATION-WAVE PROPAGATION

A new theoretical approach of the unsteady detonation in condensed exp losives was developped. The first experimental results presented in th is paper confirm that the evolution of the front can be described by t he propagation of front-waves, as predicted by the model. It seems, al so, that the speed of these waves is a decreasing function of detonati on velocity and doesn't depend on the confinement of the explosive.