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Non-uniform mixtures detonationsThe problem of detonation initiation through transmission of detonations from one explosive mixture to another connects the problem of blast initiation with the problem of spontaneous detonation. The phase of a detonation transmission to a less sensitive mixture plays an important role in the spontaneous initiation of a detonation (Kryuchkov, 1996; Kuznetsov, 1997). Reinitiation of detonation across inert or insensitive gaps and detonation transmission to less sensitive mixtures were studied by Bull (1981), Thomas (1991), Engebretsen (1991) and Teodorczyk (1995).These investigations showed that detonation reinitiation was enhanced by increase of detonation parameters in the donor mixture, decrease of the length of a gap and increase of the reactivity of the acceptor and gap mixtures. It was also found that the critical driver length for detonation transmission increases with decrease of acceptor mixture sensitivity. Ratios of the critical driver length Lc to characteristic chemical length scales, such as detonation cell width \lambda , critical tube diameter dc, and reaction zone width \delta , were found to be functions of effective intensity of initiating wave. The latter depends on both difference in the energy content of the mixtures and their reaction rates. Kryuchkov S.I., Dorofeev S.B., Efimenko A.A. (1996), Critical Conditions for Detonation Propagation Through Mixture with Decreasing Reaction Rate, Proceeding of the Combustion Institute, Vol.26, 2965-2972 << Detonation stability. Steady and unsteady detonations | Content | Strategies in the prevention of detonation >> |