Critical deflagration waves leading to detonation onset under different boundary conditions

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/1/014701

Abstract High-speed turbulent critical deflagration waves before detonation onset in H₂-air mixture propagated into a square cross section channel, which was assembled of optional rigid rough, rigid smooth, or flexible walls. The corresponding propagation characteristic and the influence of the wall boundaries on the propagation were investigated via high-speed shadowgraph and a high-frequency pressure sampling system. As a comprehensive supplement to the different walls effect investigation, the effect of porous absorbing walls on the detonation propagation was also investigated via smoke foils and the high-frequency pressure sampling system. Results are as follows. In the critical deflagration stage, the leading shock and the closely following turbulent flame front travel at a speed of nearly half the CJ detonation velocity. In the preheated zone, a zonary flame arises from the overlapping part of the boundary layer and the pressure waves, and then merges into the mainstream flame. Among these wall boundary conditions, the rigid rough wall plays a most positive role in the formation of the zonary flame and thus accelerates the transition of the deflagration to detonation (DDT), which is due to the boost of the boundary layer growth and the pressure wave reflection. Even though the flexible wall is not conducive to the pressure wave reflection, it brings out a faster boundary layer growth, which plays a more significant role in the zonary flame formation. Additionally, the porous absorbing wall absorbs the transverse wave and yields detonation decay and velocity deficit. After the absorbing wall, below some low initial pressure conditions, no re-initiation occurs and the deflagration propagates in critical deflagration for a relatively long distance.

Keywords: critical deflagration waves wall boundary condition zonary flame pressure waves

Received: 11 March 2014
Revised: 13 August 2014
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PACS:	47.40.Rs	(Detonation waves)
	47.40.Ki	(Supersonic and hypersonic flows)
	47.40.-x	(Compressible flows; shock waves)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51206182).

Corresponding Authors: Lin Wei, Zhou Jin
E-mail: linweiqy@163.com;zj706@vip.sina.com

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Lin Wei (林伟), Zhou Jin (周进), Fan Xiao-Hua (范孝华), Lin Zhi-Yong (林志勇) Critical deflagration waves leading to detonation onset under different boundary conditions 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 014701

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