The effect of inert particles on the detonation of a fuel gas mixture

A numerical procedure was used to calculate the rate of detonation of a mixture of a fuel gas with inert solid particles of identical size. The concentration of suspended particles, which produce a change in the detonation rate, the width of the reaction zone, and the heating and acceleration of the particles in the reaction zone are taken into account. All calculations are performed for the zone preceding the Chapman-Jouget plane, since the structure of the detonation wave, its velocity, and the detonation limits are all determined by the heat transfer kinetics in this zone.