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Title: Approach to the steady solution for a plane Chapman--Jouguet detonation

Journal Article · · Phys. Fluids A; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.857554· OSTI ID:6563054

In the context of the author's mathematical analog for reactive flow, the late-time approach to the steady solution for a plane Chapman--Jouguet (CJ) detonation is studied. The reaction kinetics are those of the ''small resolved heat release'' model, in which the bulk of the chemical energy is released instantaneously in the shock and the remainder is released at a finite rate in the following reaction zone. Calculated shock histories and particle histories (Lagrangian gauge records) are presented for two driver prescriptions that initiate the detonation close to the steady solution. The implications of these results for the interpretation of CJ pressure measurements is discussed.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Group M-9, Mail Stop P952, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544
OSTI ID:
6563054
Journal Information:
Phys. Fluids A; (United States), Vol. 1:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English