Analysis of the ignition induced by shock wave focusing equipped with conical and hemispherical reflectors

B Zhang, Y Li, H Liu - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
The interaction of a plane shock wave in air with concave profiles has been used in the past
to understand the nature of shock wave focusing. The current study examines the complex …

Numerical and experimental analysis of detonation induced by shock wave focusing

Z Yang, B Zhang - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous studies have demonstrated that shock wave focusing is an efficient method for
detonation initiation by creating hot spots in the interaction of shock-shock or the collision of …

Self-consistent model and numerical approach for laser-induced non-equilibrium plasma

S Pokharel, AA Tropina - Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents a self-consistent multi-dimensional mathematical model and a
numerical approach for simulating the low-temperature plasma induced by the femtosecond …

A hybrid pressure‐based solver for nonideal single‐phase fluid flows at all speeds

MV Kraposhin, M Banholzer, M Pfitzner… - … Methods in Fluids, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes the implementation of a numerical solver that is capable of simulating
compressible flows of nonideal single‐phase fluids. The proposed method can be applied to …

Development of a new OpenFOAM solver using regularized gas dynamic equations

MV Kraposhin, EV Smirnova, TG Elizarova… - Computers & …, 2018 - Elsevier
The paper introduces the development of a new OpenFOAM solver QGDFoam for the
numerical simulation of viscous compressible flows within a wide range of Mach numbers in …

Dynamics of detonation transmission and propagation in a curved chamber: a numerical and experimental analysis

J Melguizo-Gavilanes, V Rodriguez, P Vidal… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The dynamics of detonation transmission from a straight channel into a curved chamber was
investigated numerically and experimentally as a function of initial pressure (10 kPa≤ p 0≤ …

The diffraction and re-initiation behavior of detonation wave in premixed H2–O2–Ar mixture

J Hu, J Cheng, B Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Previous studies have demonstrated the effective enhancement of initiation stability in the
combustor of a rotating detonation engine through the use of a pre-detonator. However …

Analysis of the accuracy of OpenFOAM solvers for the problem of supersonic flow around a cone

AE Bondarev, AE Kuvshinnikov - … Conference, Wuxi, China, June 11–13 …, 2018 - Springer
The numerical results of comparing the accuracy for some OpenFOAM solvers are
presented. The comparison was made for the problem of inviscid compressible flow around …

[HTML][HTML] A real-fluid low-dissipative solver for flash boiling simulations of non-equilibrium mixtures

F Duronio, M Battistoni, A Di Mascio, A De Vita… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
An Eulerian fluid-dynamic code for simulating compressible, multi-phase flows with phase
transition modeling was developed. The code features a low-dissipative flux-splitting …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of chemical kinetic models for simulations of hydrogen detonations by comparison with experimental data

V Sankar, KP Chatelain, DA Lacoste - Applications in Energy and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional numerical simulations of a weakly unstable detonation mixture 2 H 2+ O
2+ 3. 76 Ar at 20 kPa and 295 K were performed using our validated OpenFOAM solver …