Output details
12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Leeds
Article title
Autoignitions and detonations in engines and ducts
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Article number
-
Volume number
370
Issue number
1960
First page of article
689
ISSN of journal
1364503X
Year of publication
2012
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
A turbulent flame accelerating along a duct generates a shock wave ahead of it. Analyses identify conditions for attainment of a sufficient turbulent burning velocity for the shock to trigger detonation in different mixtures. A commonality also is revealed between such a detonation and one arising from compression in an engine. An important new dimensionless criterion emerges for both the stability of the detonation front in the duct and the generation of strong “super-knock” in engines, possibly more useful than the existing one based on detonative cell size. This Issue of Transactions was dedicated by the Editors to the author.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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