TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - The physics, chemistry and dynamics of explosions
JO  - Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
A1  - Oran, Elaine S.
A1  - Williams, Forman A.
SP  - 534
EP  - 543
VL  - 370
IS  - 1960
N2  - The motivation for devoting a Theme Issue to explosions is discussed. As subsequent articles in the issue are written with the assumption that the reader has had a certain amount of previous exposure to the subject, some of the history and necessary background information are presented here. The topics on explosions that will be encountered in the remaining articles are previewed. Finally, several important future outstanding research problems, beyond those addressed in the following articles, are discussed, with the objective of complementing the coverage of explosions in this issue.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1364-503X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2011.0385
ID  - ref1
ER  -