Annular Electric Discharge as an Initiator of Combustion in Supersonic Flow

Abstract

This report results from a contract tasking A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences as follows: The main object of this Project is investigation of combustion processes in a gas mixtures flows under the action of axially symmetric gas discharge localized on the periphery of gas stream. Complexity and peculiarity of this discharge action on a flammable gases flow consists in excitation on a periphery combustion wave with concurrent generation of convergent to the axis cumulative shock wave transforming near the axis into a detonation one. Of interest is research of gas stream volumetric ignition at the sacrifice of action on it periphery plasma and focusing in a near-axis region shock wave. Experiments in the moving gas and gas in the quiescent state as well as development of mathematical model of investigating phenomenon are planning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA524612

Entities

People

  • Kossyi I. Antonovich

Organizations

  • Russian Academy of Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Cameras
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Electric Discharges
  • Flow
  • Gas Discharges
  • Gas Flow
  • Igniters
  • Ignition
  • Laser Beams
  • Mathematical Models
  • Measurement
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Shock Waves
  • Supersonic Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight