MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS ON EXOTHERMAL WAVES. I. THEORETICAL PROBLEMS ON A MACROSCOPIC SCALE. II. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY WITH HYDROGEN-OXYGEN DETONATION WAVES

Abstract

Various problems associated with the macroscopic magnetohydrodynamic effects on an exothermal wave were treated on the basis of one-dimensional flow considerations. A steady exothermal wave traveling in an ionized medium under the influence of a transverse magnetic field was found to display properties similar to those of a classical detonation or deflagration wave. For a hydromagnetic exothermal wave, it was found that a discontinuity either in thermodynamic quantities or in magnetic field strength appears as soon as the flow reaches the transition region.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0269280

Entities

People

  • Loren E. Bollinger
  • Michael C. Fong
  • Rudolph Edse

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Deflagration
  • Detonation Waves
  • Detonations
  • Discontinuities
  • Hydrogen
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Transitions
  • Transverse
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics