Comment on ‘Experimental observation of flame acceleration and transition to detonation following shock–flame interaction’

Abstract

G Thomas, R Bambrey and C Brown are the authors of a paper with the title ‘Experimental observations of flame acceleration and transition to detonation following shock–flame interaction’ published in 2001 Combustion Theory Modelling 5 573–94 (hereafter referred to as TBB).

Although the purpose of the paper is clearly to report on some interesting exerimental observations, it does include remarks directed specifically at theoretical studies, e.g. those by Clarke (1989 Prog. Energy Combust. Sci. 15 241–71) and Singh and Clarke (1992 Proc. R. Soc. A 438 23–46), that are either contentious or, which is much more important, just plain wrong. Such things can mislead readers who are newcomers to a topic and may even confuse those with more experience.