IGNITION OF POWDERED FUELS BEHIND SHOCK WAVES,

Abstract

The ignition and combustion behind a reflected shock wave of particles stirred up from a layer of finely divided fuel by a passing shock wave have been studied experimentally. It is noted that the results of this study may be of interest for the study of the kinetics of heterogeneous combustion reactions. The fuel used was charcoal, brush carbon, or black powder. The data indicate that the fuels ignite behind shock waves at M = 2.25 and above with different ignition delays. The minimum ignition temperature was about 900K for the carbons and 800K for black powder. Pressure oscillographs showed that pressure behind the reflected shock front at the end of the tube remains constant for about 1.5 msec, then increases for 6-8 msec.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1968
Accession Number
AD0684673

Entities

People

  • A. A. Borisov
  • A. V. Lyubimov
  • S. M. Kogarko
  • V. P. Kozenko

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Gunpowder
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Lag
  • Kinetics
  • Oscillographs
  • Particles
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.