Linear flow analysis inspired by mathematical methods from quantum mechanics

L Magri, PJ Schmid, JP Moeck - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Since its birth in the 1920s, quantum mechanics has motivated and advanced the analysis of
linear operators. In this effort, it significantly contributed to the development of sophisticated …

Thermoacoustic Instability in Combustors

AS Morgans, D Yang - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Thermoacoustic instability is a flow instability that arises due to a two-way coupling between
acoustic waves and unsteady heat release rate. It can cause damaging, large-amplitude …

Characterizing modal exponential growth behaviors of self-excited transverse and longitudinal thermoacoustic instabilities

D Zhao, Y Guan - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Self-excited thermoacoustic instabilities as frequently observed in rocket motors, gas
turbines, ramjets, and aeroengine afterburners are highly detrimental and undesirable for …

Modal dynamics of self-excited thermoacoustic instabilities in even and odd numbered networks of lean-premixed combustors

K Moon, D Bae, KT Kim - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Can-to-can acoustic interactions in a circumferential network of lean-premixed combustors
have a prominent role in the development of complicated modal dynamics and large-scale …

Synchronization and chimeras in a network of four ring-coupled thermoacoustic oscillators

Y Guan, K Moon, KT Kim, LKB Li - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
We take a complex systems approach to investigating experimentally the collective
dynamics of a network of four self-excited thermoacoustic oscillators coupled in a ring. Using …

Experimental investigation of lean-premixed hydrogen combustion instabilities in a can-annular combustion system

K Moon, Y Choi, KT Kim - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoacoustic interactions in a circumferential network of lean-premixed combustors have
a substantial impact on engine-level dynamics in a can-annular gas turbine combustion …

Thermoacoustic oscillations in a can-annular model combustor with asymmetries in the can-to-can coupling

PE Buschmann, NA Worth, JP Moeck - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2023 - Elsevier
Can-annular combustors are equipped with a set of nominally identical cans,
circumferentially arranged around the shaft. Adjacent cans are coupled acoustically via a …

Effect of flame response asymmetries on the modal patterns and collective states of a can-annular lean-premixed combustion system

Y Guan, LKB Li, H Jegal, KT Kim - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
We experimentally study the effect of rotational asymmetries in the flame response
distribution on the thermoacoustic oscillations of four turbulent lean-premixed combustors …

Coupling-induced instability in a ring of thermoacoustic oscillators

T Pedergnana, N Noiray - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thermoacoustic instabilities in can-annular combus-tors of stationary gas turbines lead to
unstable Bloch modes which appear as rotating acoustic pressure waves along the turbine …

Low-order modeling of collective dynamics of four ring-coupled turbulent thermoacoustic oscillators

Y Liao, Y Guan, P Liu, K Moon, KT Kim - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
We investigate the low-order modeling of collective dynamics in a can-annular combustor
consisting of four ring-coupled turbulent lean-premixed combustors. Each combustor is …