The shock wave focusing technique is beneficial to the development of detonation-based
engines, which can shorten the long run-up distance that is usually required for a …

An experimental study of a rotating detonation engine (RDE) operating with natural gas and
air at elevated chamber pressures and air preheat temperatures was conducted to quantify …

A natural-gas-fueled rotating detonation engine was operated at flow conditions typical of
gas turbine engines. High-speed broadband chemiluminescence images, particle image …

In the present work, a novel computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methodology was
developed to simulate full-scale non-premixed rotating detonation engines (RDEs). A …

A combustor was developed to operate with natural gas and air as the primary propellants at
elevated chamber pressures and air preheat temperatures representative of land-based …

The detonation wave (s) in a rotating detonation combustor (RDC) produce highly unsteady
flow with varying supersonic and subsonic segments. The non-homogeneous RDC flow …

In this study, axial and radial velocity components are measured downstream of a rotating
detonation engine (RDE) integrated with an aerospike by using particle image velocimetry …

Propagation characteristics of a detonation wave in an air-breathing rotating detonation
combustor (RDC) using natural gas (NG)–hydrogen fuel blends is presented in this paper …

Three-dimensional numerical simulations are performed to study the initiation process of the
rotating detonation combustor initiated by a pre-detonator. Navier-Stokes equations are …

Time-resolved particle image velocimetry (TR-PIV) is applied to measure the flow field at the
immediate exit of a rotating detonation combustor (RDC) operating on methane fuel and …