Constant volume combustion of aluminum and cornstarch dust in microgravity

The subject of the present work is to report an experimental comparative study of the effect of dispersion-induced turbulence on dust combustion in constant volume vessel, carried out both in normal gravity and in microgravity environment. Dispersion system with small scale of turbulence, creating uniform homogeneous mixture, was used in experiments. To improve reproducibility of the explosion data an ignitor of small energy, with local soft ignition was developed. Both factors contributed to acquisition of more reproducible experimental data. In experiments under microgravity conditions a dust suspension during combustion remains constant. This makes possible to study dust explosion under stationary dust suspension without influence of turbulence.

Chemical kinetics and self-ignition in a model supersonic hydrogen-air combustor

Self-ignition tests of a model scramjet combustor were conducted by using parallel sonic injection of gaseous hydrogen from the base of a blade-like strut into a supersonic vitiated airstream. The range of stagnation pressure and temperature studied varied from 1.0 to 4.5 MPa and from 1300 to 2200 K, respectively. Experimental results show that the self-ignition limit, in terms of either global or local quantities of pressure and temperature, exhibits a nonmonotonic behavior resembling the classical homogeneous explosion limit of the hydrogen-oxygen system. Specifically, for a given temperature, increasing pressure from a low value can render a nonignitable mixture to first become ignitable, then nonignitable again, This correspondence shows that, despite the globally supersonic nonpremixed configuration studied herein, ignition is strongly influenced by the intricate chemical reaction mechanism and thereby exhibits the homogeneous explosion character. Consequently, self-ignition criteria based on a global reaction rate approximating the complex chemistry are inadequate. An auxiliary computational study on counterflow ignition was also conducted to systematically investigate the contamination effects of vitiated air. Results indicate that the net contamination effects for the present experimental data are expected to be substantially smaller than contributions from the individual contamination species because of the counterbalancing influences of the H2O-inhibition and NO-promotion reactions in effecting ignition.

Long-range automaton models of earthquakes: Power-law accelerations, correlation evolution, and mode-switching

We introduce a conceptual model for the in-plane physics of an earthquake fault. The model employs cellular automaton techniques to simulate tectonic loading, earthquake rupture, and strain redistribution. The impact of a hypothetical crustal elastodynamic Green's function is approximated by a long-range strain redistribution law with a r(-p) dependance. We investigate the influence of the effective elastodynamic interaction range upon the dynamical behaviour of the model by conducting experiments with different values of the exponent (p). The results indicate that this model has two distinct, stable modes of behaviour. The first mode produces a characteristic earthquake distribution with moderate to large events preceeded by an interval of time in which the rate of energy release accelerates. A correlation function analysis reveals that accelerating sequences are associated with a systematic, global evolution of strain energy correlations within the system. The second stable mode produces Gutenberg-Richter statistics, with near-linear energy release and no significant global correlation evolution. A model with effectively short-range interactions preferentially displays Gutenberg-Richter behaviour. However, models with long-range interactions appear to switch between the characteristic and GR modes. As the range of elastodynamic interactions is increased, characteristic behaviour begins to dominate GR behaviour. These models demonstrate that evolution of strain energy correlations may occur within systems with a fixed elastodynamic interaction range. Supposing that similar mode-switching dynamical behaviour occurs within earthquake faults then intermediate-term forecasting of large earthquakes may be feasible for some earthquakes but not for others, in alignment with certain empirical seismological observations. Further numerical investigation of dynamical models of this type may lead to advances in earthquake forecasting research and theoretical seismology.

Combustion tube studies of dust flame acceleration

A new pneumatic dispersion system for obtaining a good quality uniform dust suspension in a horizontal dust combustion tube was developed. The effect of three different dispersion techniques on self-sustained dust flame acceleration in such a combustion tube was examined. The importance of the dispersion quality in the test tube for maintaining a self-sustained dust flame acceleration was demonstrated. A combustion tube for studies of flame acceleration in fine aluminum dust-air mixture and its transition to detonation under industrial ignition conditions was constructed in the course of the present study. It consists mainly of an initiation section and a test section. The initiation section must be equipped in a well-developed dispersion system for creating a good dispersion condition in the test tube. The length of this section is 3 meters. The test tube requires only to distribute uniformly the dust over the bottom of the tube prior to the experiment. The aluminum dust spherical in shape with 6 mu m in diameter was used for tests. Experimental results demonstrated that the increase in flame velocity is roughly linear through the entire length of the test tube. The highest flame propagation velocity in fine aluminum dust-air mixture approaches some 1200m/s at a distance of 4.8m from the ignition plate.

Magnetic properties of sintered sm2fe17ny magnets

Sintered magnets of Sm2Fe17Ny nitrides, with a density of 6.0-7.4 g/cm3, have been prepared by using an explosion technique. Both crystalline structure and the magnetic properties of Sm2Fe17Ny nitrides were retained in the process. The sintered magnet had a remanence B(r)=0.83 T, an intrinsic coercivity mu(0i)H(c)=0.57 T and an energy product (BH)max=88 kJ/m3. The temperature dependence of coercivity and remanence were also measured. The temperature coefficients alpha of remanence and beta of coercivity are -0.076%/degrees-C and -0.51%/degrees-C, respectively.

高能、含铝和温压炸药爆炸抛撒实验研究

采用高速运动分析系统观察了高能炸药、含铝炸药和温压炸药爆炸产物抛撒的过程;分析比较了三种炸药的爆炸产物抛撒运动及后燃特点,得到了温压炸药具有爆炸和后燃二个过程,爆炸场范围大,温度高,后燃持续时间长;高能炸药与温压炸药相比爆炸场范围小,温度低,几乎没有后燃过程;含铝炸药介于温压炸药和高能炸药之间。

室内泄漏燃气浓度分布的一个量级估算方法

在对室内液化石油气泄漏流动过程进行量级估算分析的基础上,提出了一种预测室内泄漏液化石油气浓度分布的简化方法.并结合一次居民室内液化气爆炸事故,讨论了此方法在实际应用中的简易可行性.

温压炸药爆炸抛撒的运动规律

采用高速运动分析系统观察了高能炸药、含铝炸药和温压炸药爆炸产物抛撒的过程;比较了这3种炸药的爆炸产物抛撒运动及后燃特点,通过比较直观地观察到温压炸药爆炸和后燃2个过程,以及后燃火球的成长历程,根据实验结果确定了温压炸药爆炸产物抛撒半径随时同变化的数学表达式.

柱形容器开口泄爆过程中的火焰传播特性

泄爆过程中流动与燃烧的相互作用机制是研究开口泄爆问题的关键.对柱形容器泄爆过程中压力与火焰发展传播过程的观测与分析表明,不同泄爆条件下压力与火焰的发展传播具有明显特点.泄爆诱导流动通过加速火焰传播、加剧火焰变形、增大火焰面积对容器内燃烧产生增强作用,泄爆流动大小主要由泄爆面积决定.小口中低压泄爆过程压力与火焰的发展过程与封闭燃烧中类似;小口高压以及大口泄爆过程中,火焰变形剧烈,传播速度明显上升,并导致压力的回升.

爆炸容器内冲击波系演化及壳体响应的数值研究

对中心装药爆炸后冲击波的产生、传播和壳体动态响应全过程进行了数值研究。认为RDX瞬时爆炸，爆炸近场采用自相似解；冲击波传播和波系演化采用PPM(the Piecewise Parabolic Method)格式求解Euler方程；壳体响应采用有限元方法求解拉氏坐标系下由虚功原理得到的动力学方程。壳体内壁面边界条件分别采用强耦合和弱耦合方法处理。结果表明：（1）当装药量相同时，薄壁壳体振型比厚壁宙体复杂得多，振幅也大；（2）当装药量不同，壳体厚度相同时，爆炸场冲击波的演化过程不同；（3）对少量装药，产生的冲击波强度低，壳体变形小，是否考虑内边界运动，对计算结果的影响不大；（4）在本文条件下，爆炸容器封头顶点所受的载荷最大，是取易发生破坏的地方，侧壁与爆点所在横截面的交线，也易破坏。

The Droplet Group Micro-Explosions, Viscosity and Atomization Characteristics of W/O Emulsions

The spray of emulsified fuel, composed of diesel fuel, water and methanol can make micro-explosion under high temperature conditions, and the viscosity and the atomization characteristics of emulsion have significant effects on the micro- explosion of emulsions. To clarify the combustion mechanism of water-in-oil emulsion sprays, combustion bomb experiments were carried out, and the droplet group micro- explosions in W/O fuel emulsion sprays in a high-pressure, high-temperature bomb were observed clearly by a multi-pulsed, off-axis, image-plane ruby laser holocamera and continuously by a high-speed CCD camera.The viscosity and atomization characteristics of emulsions were also studied experimentally. The experimental results show that the higher concentration of the aqueous phase (water-methanol) (<50%) increases the viscosity of the emulsions, especially for higher agent concentration, and higher aqueous phase concentration and higher viscosity results in lager Sauter Mean Diameter (SMD). The experiment results also show that the different kinds of emulsifying agents, with different Hydrophile-Lipophile Balance (HLB) values, have significant influence on the viscosity of the emulsions.

低渗油田“层内爆炸”增产技术的小尺度模拟实验研究

本文是关于低渗油田增产技术的室内模拟实验研究的论文。我们对井内爆炸采油、核爆采油和高能气体压裂进行全面调研以后，吸取了井内爆炸采油的教训，借鉴了高能气体压裂的成功经验，提出了低渗油田“层内爆炸”增产技术。该技术是利用水力压裂技术的现有设备，将适当的炸药压入岩石裂缝，再用适当的方法起爆，从而在岩石裂缝周围产生大量裂缝，在不会对储层产生不利影响也不会毁坏井筒的前提下，达到提高采取收率并增产油气的目的。首先，建立了圆管点火实验装置、小尺度模拟实验装置和平板点火实验装置；然后利用实验装置进行了“层内爆炸”用特种火药和特种炸药配方的探索。通过实验我们至少找到了一种“层内爆炸”用药品的配方，并且在小尺度模拟实验装置中实现了“层内爆炸”基本过程的模拟实验，从而证实“层内爆炸”思路正确，原理上可行。接着，建立了爆燃推进的模型，并在恒稳推进和不可压缩简化条件下得到几组算例，这些解在物理上是合理的。通过计算我们得知爆燃恒温推进的条件是苛刻的，需要多个参数的匹配。通过本人硕士论文的工作，证实了低渗油田“层内爆炸”增产技术在原理上的可行性。但因为“层内爆炸”过程中牵涉到多个特征尺度，因此并不能从小尺度向大尺度简单地推广，下一步工作是建立中大尺度模拟实验装置，考察在中大尺度条件下“层内爆炸”的可行性，为现场实际应用作充分的实验准备。

激光聚焦爆炸耦合场的理论建模与跨尺度计算

针对激光聚焦爆炸的电磁-热力耦合效应,在宏观尺度上,把描述激光电磁波散射和传播的Maxwell方程和高温高压气动流场的Euler方程结合起米,利用热力学状态方程(EOS)和电离平衡方程(Saha方程)并通过理论建模和数值仿真,研究和揭示激光聚焦爆炸效应及激光支持吸收波(LSC/LSD)的产生和演化、以及相关的反冲压力和动量耦合等相互作用机制.

装药弹体侵彻混凝土厚靶中的炸药摩擦起爆模型

基于炸药的热爆炸理论,采用炸药的热点温度(也称为临界起爆温度)作为起爆判据,分析了装药弹体在侵彻混凝土厚靶过程中的炸药安全性问题,建立了炸药摩擦起爆的热传导模型.对模型进行了量纲一化分析,得出量纲一热流率幅值Qm与炸药和弹壳界面量纲一温度峰值T′max的关系,以及可在实际工程中应用的临界量纲一控制参数Qmc,同时得到了反映摩擦产生的热量在炸药与弹壳间分配比例关系的量纲一参数ΚⅠ.结果表明,炸药装药和弹壳接触面间的强摩擦是形成热点、从而导致炸药早炸的一个重要因素.