Propagation of Cellular Modes of Titanium-Powder Layer Combustion in Air Channels, Allowing for the Effect of Natural Convection of Gas.

In this paper, we have studied the effect of impurity and inert gases on the formation and propagation of cellular-combustion regimes for their inhomogeneous distribution above the surface of the reacting metal layer. The gas-dynamic aspects of the formation and steady propagation of inhomogeneous wave structures in the combustion of a titanium powder layer in through and semi-closed inclined air canals and in channels with uneven loading are considered. The gas composition heterogeneity over the reaction zone and the gas stratification, i.e., the stratification of a gas mixture of different densiies above the reacting layer, are shown to lead to the formation of inclined non-uniform and cellular fronts under conditions of a lack of active gas in the reaction zone and the loss of stability of the planar front. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]