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Propagation of near-limit gaseous detonations in rough-walled tubes

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In this study, experiments were carried out to investigate the detonation velocity behavior near limits in rough-walled tubes. The wall roughness was introduced by using different spiral inserts in 76.2-mm-diameter, 50.8-mm-diameter, 38.1-mm-diameter, and 25.4-mm-diameter tubes. Different pre-mixed mixtures, CH4 + 2O2, C2H2 + 2.5O2, C2H2 + 2.5O2 + 70%Ar, and 2H2 + O2 were tested in the experiments. Different spiral wire diameters were used, and the pitch of each spiral was twice of the diameter to keep the same level of roughness in all experiments for each tube. Fiber optics were used to record the detonation time of arrival to deduce the velocity. The normalized velocity V/VCJ and the velocity deficit δ were computed and analyzed to describe the detonation behavior near the limit. The cellular structure near the limit was recorded by the smoked foils.

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This work is supported by the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). T. Ren is funded by the International Graduate Exchange Program of Beijing Institute of Technology. Y. Yan is grateful for the financial support by the China Scholarship Council (CSC).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C3, Canada

    T. Ren, Y. Yan & J. H. S. Lee

  3. State Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of High-Efficient Mining and Safety of Metal Mines, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Y. Yan & H. Zhao

  4. Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8, Canada

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Ren, T., Yan, Y., Zhao, H. et al. Propagation of near-limit gaseous detonations in rough-walled tubes. Shock Waves 30, 769–780 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-020-00957-w

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