Recent progress, development trends, and consideration of continuous detonation engines

JZ Ma, MY Luan, ZJ Xia, JP Wang, S Zhang, S Yao… - AIAA Journal, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The continuous detonation engine (CDE) is based on detonation waves and is a new jet
engine concept that is expected to bring a technical revolution to current aviation and …

Multi-wave effects on stability and performance in rotating detonation combustors

Z Sheng, M Cheng, JP Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Recently, with the development of detonation-based propulsion systems, scholars have
begun to study how to perform mode control on the rotating detonation combustor (RDC). It …

Investigation of counter-rotating shock wave and wave direction control of hollow rotating detonation engine with Laval nozzle

G Rong, M Cheng, Z Sheng, X Liu, Y Zhang… - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The counter-rotating shock wave and wave direction control of the hollow rotating detonation
combustor with Laval nozzle are studied. The in-house solver BYRFoam, developed on the …

Origin and chaotic propagation of multiple rotating detonation waves in hydrogen/air mixtures

M Zhao, H Zhang - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The origin and chaotic propagation of multiple detonative waves in the two-dimensional
modelled rotating detonation combustor fueled by premixed hydrogen/air mixtures are …

Formation of multiple detonation waves in rotating detonation engines with inhomogeneous methane/oxygen mixtures under different equivalence ratios

Z Luan, Y Huang, S Gao, Y You - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
The performance of rotating detonation engines is strongly affected by the multiple
detonation waves that occur, although the reason for their formation has not yet been fully …

Effects of variable total pressures on instability and extinction of rotating detonation combustion

M Zhao, JM Li, CJ Teo, BC Khoo, H Zhang - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2020 - Springer
Instability, extinction and re-initiation of rotating detonation in a two-dimensional Rotating
Detonation Engine (RDE) configuration are numerically investigated, and the emphasis is …

Effects of slot injection on detonation wavelet characteristics in a rotating detonation engine

C Yan, H Teng, HD Ng - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional numerical simulations are performed to investigate the effects of spatially
discrete slot injection of reactants on the features of detonation wavelets in a rotating …

Effects of cavity length on operating characteristics of a ramjet rotating detonation engine fueled by liquid kerosene

W Feng, Q Zheng, Q Xiao, H Meng, X Han, Q Cao… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Our very recent work has experimentally demonstrated the successful operation of a liquid-
kerosene-fueled ramjet/air-breathing rotating detonation engine with a cavity-based annular …

Analysis of flow-field characteristics and pressure gain in air-breathing rotating detonation combustor

K Wu, S Zhang, D She, J Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Three-dimensional numerical simulations are performed on air-breathing rotating detonation
combustors with detailed H 2/air chemistry. Detonation-related flow structures and pressure …

The behavior of the propagating velocity of rotating detonation waves and counter-rotating shock waves in a hollow combustor

G Rong, M Cheng, Z Sheng, X Liu, Y Zhang, J Wang - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
The propagating velocity behavior, mathematical model and influencing factors of rotating
detonation waves and counter-rotating shock waves in a hollow combustor with Laval …