The influence of pipe length on explosion of flammable premixed gas in 90° bending pipe and dynamic response of the thin-walled pipe

An experimental platform of gas cloud deflagration is built in this study, and the propane–air premixed gas blasting experiment was carried out in curved pipes with different lengths. The effect of pipe length on combustible gas explosion and the influence of explosion shock wave on thin-walled pipe loading were also studied. The experimental device included photoelectric, pressure, and strain sensors which were used to evaluate the explosion parameters and stress of the thin-walled pipe. The result was that the longer the pipeline, the higher the wall overpressure and the bigger the maximum tube wall. The pressure time curve was consistent with the thin-walled strain time–history curve. The pipe bend accelerates the flame propagation to a certain extent, and the pipe length influenced the law of flame ignition and explosion in pipe integrally; the longer the pipe, the greater the pressure and the speed of the flame. The maximum explosion pressure appears at the end of the pipe, and the loading of the shock wave on pipe wall belongs to dynamic response.

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