Public Resources

• Glossary of Explosion terms.
• Gas Phase Chemical Kinetics codes and data
• Shock & Detonation Toolbox
• The Detonation Database
• Some data on flammability and explosion limits including full pdfs of Bureau of Mines Reports.
• Gas phase thermodynamic data for performing equilibrium calculations or supporting kinetics calculations.
• Mechanism Validation Report (PDF) Shock tube data, mechanism validation tests, CJ and ZND computations for H2, C2H4, C3H8.
• Induction time spreadsheet Shock tube induction time data base in Excel format. Or download as plain text:
  • Hydrogen
  • Ethylene
  • Propane
• Detonation Properties spreadsheet Computed detonation properties in Excel format. Or download as plain text:
  • Hydrogen
  • Ethylene
  • Propane
• Hydrocarbon fuel properties - enthaplies and vapor pressure (XLS)
• Image Processing for Cell Size Measurement Instructions and Programs
• OECD NEA/CSNI/R(2000)7 Report Flame Acceleration and Deflagration to Detonation Transition in Nuclear Safety
• Crisis at Fukushima Daiichi Archive of 2011 talk videos, slides, web links for information on post March 11, 2011 events at F1 nuclear power plant.