On Tuesday, June 30, 2015, Chip Wood via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Where is the boundary in "speed"
between deflagration and explosive? Is there a jump or is it a
continuous ramp up depending on source?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>In broad terms, the flame-front speed or wavefront speed at which a deflagration becomes an explosion is roughly the speed of sound.</div></div><div><br></div><div>The supersonic shock/pressure wave is what does the damage in an explosion. In a deflagration, the overpressure wave at subsonic speeds is harnessable to perform work, such as driving a projectile down the barrel of a cannon.</div><br><br>-- <br>Dave Vick<br>Sent from my iEuphamism<br>