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The ignition of hydrogen blown into a turbulent supersonic boundary layer on a flat plate is investigated numerically. It is assumed that the mixture consists of six chemically active components H, O, OH, H2O, O2, H2 and inert nitrogen N2. The boundary layer is divided into outer and inner regions, for which different expressions for the coefficients of turbulent transport are used. The influence of pulsations on the rates of the chemical reactions, and also the back reaction of the chemical processes on the mechanism of turbulent transfer are not taken into account. The surface of the plate is assumed to be absolutely catalytic with respect to the recombination reactions of the H and O atoms. The influence of the blowing intensity, the Mach number in the outer flow, and the pressure on the ignition delay is analyzed. The possibility of effective porous cooling of the surface when there is combustion in the boundary layer is demonstrated.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 33–40, November–December, 1979.
I thank V. G. Gromov and V. A. Levin for their interest in the work.
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Larin, O.B. Ignition of hydrogen in a turbulent boundary layer on a plate. Fluid Dyn 14, 838–844 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01051984
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01051984