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Dynamic features of combustionThe dynamic features of combustion are discussed for four important cases: ignition, inflammation, explosion, and detonation. Ignition, the initiation of a self-sustained exothermic process, is considered in the simplest case of a closed thermodynamic system and its stochastic distribution. Inflammation, the initiation and propagation of self-sustained flames, is presented for turbulent flow. Explosion, the dynamic effects caused by the deposition of exothermic energy in a compressible medium, is illustrated by self-similar blast waves with energy deposition at the front and the adiabatic non-self-similar wave. Detonation, the most comprehensive illustration of all the dynamic effects of combustion, is discussed with a phenomenological account of the development and structure of the wave.
Document ID
19860028187
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Oppenheim, A. K.
(California, University; California, University, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
September 26, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Philosophical Transactions, Series A
Volume: 315
Issue: 1534
ISSN: 0080-4614
Subject Category
Inorganic And Physical Chemistry
Accession Number
86A12925
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG3-137
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF CPE-83-02232
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG3-131
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-AC03-76SF-00098
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Public
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