Heating of the fuel mixture due to viscous stress ahead of accelerating flames in deflagration-to-detonation transition

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2008.04.066zbMATH Open1221.76210arXiv0804.3474OpenAlexW1988797951MaRDI QIDQ716981FDOQ716981

Authors: Damir Valiev, Vitaly Bychkov, V'yacheslav Akkerman, Lars-Erik Eriksson, Mattias Marklund 

Publication date: 27 September 2011

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The role of viscous stress in heating of the fuel mixture in deflagration-to-detonation transition in tubes is studied both analytically and numerically. The analytical theory is developed in the limit of low Mach number; it determines temperature distribution ahead of an accelerating flame with maximum achieved at the walls. The heating effects of viscous stress and the compression wave become comparable at sufficiently high values of the Mach number. In the case of relatively large Mach number, viscous heating is investigated by direct numerical simulations. The simulations were performed on the basis of compressible Navier-Stokes gas-dynamic equations taking into account chemical kinetics. In agreement with the theory, viscous stress makes heating and explosion of the fuel mixture preferential at the walls. The explosion develops in an essentially multi-dimensional way, with fast spontaneous reaction spreading along the walls and pushing inclined shocks. Eventually, the combination of explosive reaction and shocks evolves into detonation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.3474

Recommendations

• Deflagrations, hot spots, and the transition to detonation
• Radiation preheating can trigger transition from deflagration to detonation
• On the transition from deflagration to detonation in narrow tubes
• On the transition from deflagration to detonation in narrow channels
• Momentum loss as a mechanism for deflagration-to-detonation transition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combustion (80A25) Hydro- and aero-acoustics (76Q05) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

Cites Work

• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Explosion triggering by an accelerating flame
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Numerical studies of curved stationary flames in wide tubes
• Flame propagation along the vortex axis

Cited In (5)

• Diffusively anisotropic model for the deflagration-to-detonation transition
• Thermochemical heat release of laminar stagnation flames of fuel and oxygen
• Deflagration-to-detonation transition in pipes: the analytical theory
• Influence of chemical kinetics on spontaneous waves and detonation initiation in highly reactive and low reactive mixtures
• Analysis of flame acceleration induced by wall friction in open tubes

This page was built for publication: Heating of the fuel mixture due to viscous stress ahead of accelerating flames in deflagration-to-detonation transition

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q716981)