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Some results of theoretical studies of detonation processes in combustible gaseous mixtures are discussed for a model geometry of large combustion chambers of detonation engines in the case of mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen-enriched air. The effect of geometric characteristics on the operation of pulse detonation engines is analyzed. In particular, the propagation of detonation waves in tubes of small diameter to larger volumes and the evolution of detonation under the action of converging shock waves are considered.
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Original Russian Text © N.N. Smirnov, V.F. Nikitin, Yu.G. Filippov, E.I. Shemyakin, 2009, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Matematika. Mekhanika, 2009, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 67–72.
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Smirnov, N.N., Nikitin, V.F., Filippov, Y.G. et al. Evolution of detonation propagation through an annular gap into a combustion chamber. Moscow Univ. Mech. Bull. 64, 75–80 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0027133009030054
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