Deflagration-to-detonation transition in an unconfined space: Expanding hydrogen-oxygen flames

Andrey Koksharov; Leonid Kagan; Gregory Sivashinsky

doi:10.1016/j.proci.2020.08.051

Deflagration-to-detonation transition in an unconfined space: Expanding hydrogen-oxygen flames

Andrey Koksharov, Leonid Kagan^*, Gregory Sivashinsky

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School of Mathematical Sciences

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The problem of deflagration-to-detonation transition in an unconfined environment was studied wth a freely expanding self-accelerating fractal-like H₂-O₂ flame as an example. Deflagration-to-detonation transition was indeed possible provided the flame is large enough. The transition occurred prior to merging of the flame with the flame-supported precursor shock. The pre-transition flame did not reach the threshold of CJ-deflagration. Numerical simulations employed are based on the recently developed pseudospectral method with time and space adaptation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3505-3511
Number of pages	7
Journal	Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.08.051
State	Published - 2021
Event	38th International Symposium on Combustion, 2021 - Adelaide, Australia Duration: 24 Jan 2021 → 29 Jan 2021

Keywords

Accelerating flames
Computational reactive fluid dynamics
Deflagration-to-detonation transition
Thermal runaway of fast flames

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Deflagration-to-detonation transition in an unconfined space: Expanding hydrogen-oxygen flames

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