Results of an experimental study of controlled continuous spin detonation of acetylene-air and hydrogen-air mixtures, as well as propane-air-oxygen and kerosene-air-oxygen mixtures in a flow-type cylindrical combustor 30.6 cm in diameter are described. The flow structure and the conditions, properties, and areas of existence of continuous detonation are considered.
A two-dimensional unsteady mathematical model of spin detonation in an annular cylindrical ramjet-type combustor is formulated. The wave dynamics in the combustor filled by a hydrogen-oxygen mixture is studied numerically.
An acetylene-oxygen mixture is burned in two annular chambers 100 mm in diameter in the spin detonation regime with supercritical and subcritical differences of oxygen pressure in the annular slot. By varying the flow rates of components of the mixture, width of the slot for oxidizer injection, point of fuel injection, and initial ambient pressure, the regions of existence and the structure of transverse detonation waves are studied, and the limits of existence of continuous detonation in terms of pressure in the chamber are determined. The losses of the total pressure in the flow in oxygen-injection slots and in fuel-injector orifices are estimated.
A comprehensive numerical and experimental study of continuous spin detonation of a hydrogen-oxygen mixture in annular combustors with the components supplied through injectors is performed. In an annular combustor 4 cm in diameter, burning of a hydrogen-oxygen gas mixture in the regime of continuous spin detonation is obtained. The flow structure is considered for varied flow rates of the components of the mixture and the combustor length and shape. The dynamics of the transverse detonation wave is numerically studied in a two-dimensional unsteady statement of the problem with the geometric parameters of the combustors consistent with experimental ones. A comparison with experiments reveals reasonable agreement in terms of the detonation velocity and pressure in the combustor. The calculated size and shape of detonation fronts are substantially different from the experimental data.
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