RANGES OF RATES OF SUPERSONIC COMBUSTION IN A POROUS MEDIUM
S. A. Zhdanok,a P. N. Krivosheeva M. Mbawara, b and O. G. Penyaz'kova UDC 536.46 The results of investigations of the propagation of supersonic combustion in a tube completely or partially filled with a porous medium are presented. The relationship between the combustion-wave velocity, the medium parameters, and the properties of the combustible mixture has been established. a A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., Minsk, 220072, Belarus; b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technikon Pretoria, South Africa; email: mmbarawa@techpta.ac.za. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 4, pp. 3-7, July-August, 2005. Original article submitted July 19, 2004.