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Propagation of a burn front through a long channel

V. N. Sanin, S. L. Silyakov, V. I. Yukhvid

Chernogolovka

Abstract: We studied experimentally the phenomenology, rules, and mechanism of the propagation of a burn front through iron—aluminum thermite in a long channel. We describe the dynamics of the change of orientation of the burn front as a function of the caloric content of the mixture, and we propose a mechanism for these dynamics. We show that there exist burn limits in the vertical and lengthwise directions dependent on the channel width and the caloric content of the mixture.

UDC: 546

Received: 11.10.1990

 English version: Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves, 1991, 27:6, 674–677