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Detonation of supersonic propane-air mixture by high-voltage plasma discharge

A.F. Aleksandrov, A.P. Ershov, S.A. Kamenshchikov, A.A. Logunov, V.A. Chernikov

Moscow University Physics Bulletin 2008. 63. N 2. P. 145

Article

Annotation

The detonation combustion of a supersonic flow of propane-air mixture, initiated by a pulsed discharge of a magnetoplasma compressor, is obtained in experiment. A backward wave of supersonic combustion propagating with a velocity of 450 m/s against the flow is observed.

Authors

A.F. Aleksandrov, A.P. Ershov, S.A. Kamenshchikov, A.A. Logunov, V.A. Chernikov
Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

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