On the role of transverse detonation waves in the re-establishment of attenuated detonations in methane–oxygen

G Floring, M Peswani, B Maxwell - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
This investigation concerns the problem of detonation attenuation in stoichiometric methane-
oxygen and its re-establishment following its interaction with obstacles, using high resolution …

Detonation wave diffraction in stoichiometric C2H4/O2 mixtures using a global four-step combustion model

M Peswani, B Maxwell - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, we revisit the problem of detonation diffraction in mildly irregular ethylene–
oxygen mixtures using high resolution numerical simulations. In particular, we focus on the …

Combustion properties of a simple and efficient four-step model

M Peswani, C Gerace, B Maxwell - Shock Waves, 2022 - Springer
Modeling of the chemistry and thermodynamics is crucial in numerical simulations that
attempt to accurately simulate reactive flows such as flame acceleration and detonation …

[PDF][PDF] On using a simple 4-step combustion model to recover the universal χ parameter and Zel'dovich number in reactive hydrocarbon mixtures

M Peswani, BM Maxwell - 12th US National Combustion Meeting, 2021 - researchgate.net
Modeling of the chemistry and thermodynamics is a crucial component in numerical
simulations that attempt to accurately simulate reactive flows generated by shocks, such as …

[PDF][PDF] Simulating the critical regime following detonation diffraction in a weakly unstable mixture

M Peswani, G Floring, B Maxwell - Proceedings of the Spring …, 2022 - researchgate.net
A detonation–diffraction of stoichiometric ethylene–oxygen mixtures undergoing a sudden
area expansion is simulated in the current study. This problem has been extensively …

Detonation Quenching and Re-initiation Behind an Obstacle Using a Global 4-Step Combustion Model

GN Floring - 2022 - rave.ohiolink.edu
In this thesis a four-species, four-step combustion model is coupled to an adaptive mesh
refinement (AMR)-enabled compressible flow solver to simulate detonation attenuation and …