Semi-confined layered kerosene/air two-phase detonations bounded by nitrogen gas

F Wang, C Weng, H Zhang - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
A two-dimensional numerical study is conducted on the semi-confined cellular detonations
propagating through a layer of two-phase kerosene/air reactant bounded by an inert gas. By …

[HTML][HTML] On the nature of transverse waves in marginal hydrogen detonation simulations using boundary layer loss modeling and detailed chemistry

J Smith, C Schmitt, Q Xiao, B Maxwell - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Historically, it has been a challenge to simulate the experimentally observed cellular
structures and marginal behavior of multi-dimensional, thin-channel hydrogen detonations …

A simple predictive three-step chemical model for gaseous stoichiometric hydrogen–oxygen detonation quenching

H Watanabe, S Taileb, F Veiga-López… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Two types of three-step chain-branching kinetics for gaseous hydrogen–oxygen detonation
quenching are proposed. The reaction rates dependency on density and pressure, as well …

[HTML][HTML] Computational diagnostics for flame acceleration and transition to detonation in a hydrogen/air mixture

S Lai, S Tang, C Xu, N Sekularac, X Fang - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
A new computational diagnostic method for pressure-induced compressibility is proposed by
projecting its local contribution to the chemical explosive mode (CEM) in the chemical …

Tabulated chemistry approach for detonation simulations

A Baumgart, MX Yao, G Blanquart - Combustion and Flame, 2025 - Elsevier
Chemistry modeling in detonations typically relies on two broad approaches: simplified
models with one-or two-step chemistry, and detailed chemistry. These approaches require …

Mach reflection of detonation wave on porous wall

D Chen, HH Ma, LQ Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This study reports the Mach reflection of gaseous detonation on porous wedges
experimentally, in which the porous wall is consisted of equidistant inline square columns …

[HTML][HTML] Towards predictive simplified chemical kinetics for hydrogen detonations

F Veiga-López, S Taileb, A Chinnayya… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
A methodology to develop predictive simplified kinetics schemes (one-step/three-step chain-
branching) is presented in which detonation velocity-curvature (D− κ) curves computed with …

Characteristics of cellular structure of detonation waves propagating in annular channels

K Yao, P Yang, C Wang, Z Jiang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This study investigates the characteristics of stable and unstable cells and wavefronts of
detonation waves propagating in annular channels with different inner radii and channel …

A canonical numerical experiment to study detonation initiation from colliding subsonic auto-ignition waves

S Taileb, G Farag, V Robin, A Chinnayya - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The collision of two subsonic auto-ignition fronts with initial constant velocity was found to
transit to detonation only when the collision angle was acute. The interaction of the reactive …

Effects of staggered opposed hot jets on the initiation and propagation of gaseous detonation in a supersonic combustible inflow

P Linyuan, D Jian - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, the detonation initiation mechanism of a supersonic combustible mixture
triggered by a staggered opposing combined hot jets was performed. Two-dimensional …