Detonation of cryogenic gaseous hydrogen-oxygen mixturesThe accidental mixing and detonation of oxygen-hydrogen mixtures is a serious aerospace industry hazard. The detonation characteristics of cryogenic mixtures of gaseous hydrogen and oxygen have accordingly been studied at various initial pressures and equivalence ratios at 100 K, and the results compared with numerical computations of idealized, steady-state, one-dimensional Zeldovich-von Neumann-Doering detonation structure with detailed chemical reaction kinetics. The predictions thus obtained for critical tube diameter, on the basis of calculated reaction-zone thickness, are found to agree reasonably well with experimental data.
Document ID
19910067205
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Plaster, M. (NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Mcclenagan, R. D. (NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Benz, F. J. (NASA White Sands Test Facility Las Cruces, NM, United States)
Shepherd, J. E. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States)
Lee, J. H. S. (McGill University Montreal, Canada)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Inorganic And Physical Chemistry
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems