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Excitation and quenching of detonation in gases

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The results of investigations on the problems of initiation, propagation, and stabilization of detonation waves and flowing combustible gaseous mixtures are presented. To describe the flows, we used ideal perfect gas equations and two models of the detonation wave: the classical infinitely thin model and a model in which behind the shock wave chemical reactions described by the single-stage kinetics for propane– and methane–air combustible mixtures proceed. Investigations were carried out by both analytical and numerical methods based on the S. K. Godunov scheme on stationary and movable computational meshes with explicit resolution of the bow shock and the surfaces separating gases with different properties.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 83, No. 6, pp. 1174–1201, November–December, 2010.

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Levin, V.A., Manuilovich, I.S. & Markov, V.V. Excitation and quenching of detonation in gases. J Eng Phys Thermophy 83, 1244–1274 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-010-0446-8

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