The study of geometric effects on the explosion front propagation in a horizontal channel with a layer of spherical beads

Experiments were performed in a horizontal channel partially filled with a layer of 12.7 mm ceramic-oxide beads filled with a nitrogen-diluted stoichiometric methane–oxygen mixture, i.e., CH₄ + 2(O₂ + 2/3N₂). Ionization probes and pressure transducers were used to track the explosion front velocity in the 1.22 m long, 76 mm wide and 152 mm high horizontal channel. Schlieren photography and smoked foil techniques are used to gain insight into the explosion front structure. The explosion propagation phenomenon was characterized by the combustion in the bead layer and the unobstructed gap above. It was determined that for a fixed gap height the bead layer thickness had very little effect on the explosion propagation phenomenon. However, for a fixed bead layer height the explosion propagation was strongly influenced by the gap height. The combustion products vented from the bead layer behind the flame propagating in the gap affects the structure of the shock-flame front in the gap and the maximum flame velocity achieved. The coupling between the vented products and the flame velocity in the gap was strongly influenced by the gap height. The gap height also affects the structure of the detonation wave propagating in the gap following DDT that always occurred in the gap. The DDT run-up distance was found to increase with increasing gap height and inversely with initial pressure.     

直排型DF/HF化学激光器气流通道模型实验研究

 为了探寻直排型连续波DF/HF化学激光器的起动特性,建立了一套化学激光器气流通道单喷管小型模型实验装置,通过选用不同的气体（冷气流）作为工作介质和不同的扩压器进行实验,分别研究了工作介质的气动参量对模型起动特性和扩压器喉道最小面积的影响,并与1维定常流理论的计算结果作了比较。最后分析了基区对模型起动特性的影响,比较了两种类型基区的差异。实验结果表明:对于直排型连续波DF/HF化学激光器,采用大比热容比、小相对分子质量的介质作为引射气流,喷管出口和基区之间带有一个向内的圆角,对提高DDCL整体性能是有利的。