Numerical simulation of a methane-oxygen rotating detonation rocket engine

S Prakash, V Raman, CF Lietz, WA Hargus Jr… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rotating detonation engine (RDE) is an important realization of pressure gain
combustion for rocket applications. The RDE system is characterized by a highly unsteady …

High fidelity simulations of a methane-oxygen rotating detonation rocket engine

S Prakash, V Raman, C Lietz, WA Hargus… - AIAA scitech 2020 …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The rotating detonation combustor (RDC) is an important realization of pressure gain
combustion for practical applications. The RDC system is characterized by a highly unsteady …

Secondary waves dynamics and their impact on detonation structure in rotating detonation combustors

F Chacon, AD Feleo, M Gamba - Shock Waves, 2021 - Springer
In this work, we experimentally investigate secondary waves in rotating detonation
combustor (RDC) operation. Secondary waves are finite-strength periodic perturbations of …

Continuous injector geometry variation to augment rotating detonation combustor operation and performance

EW Plaehn, RM Gejji, IV Walters… - Journal of Propulsion and …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Sensitivity of rotating detonation combustor operation and performance to oxidizer injector
pressure drop was characterized using continuous variation of the injector area during …

Detonation structure evolution in an optically-accessible non-premixed H2-Air RDC using MHz rate imaging

V Athmanathan, J Braun, Z Ayers, J Fisher… - AIAA SciTech 2020 …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Investigations of the structure of non-premixed rotating detonation waves and the influence
of the fuel-air injection system are presented in this work. A hydrogen-air rotating detonation …

Detonation wave visualization in a rocket rde with continuous variation of fuel injection location

A Haynes, EW Plaehn, R Gejji… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0928. vid Detonation wave
dynamics were visualized in an optically accessible rotating detonation wave combustor …

Conservative Shock-Fitting Approach for Modeling Detonations

O Gibson, C Van Beck, V Raman - AIAA SciTech 2025 Forum, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
Rotating detonation engines/combustors (RDE/RDCs) use unsteady detonation waves to
process fuel. These designs are expensive to simulate because they require fine grids …

Injector mixing effects in rotating detonation rocket engines

B Bigler, JW Bennewitz, SA Danczyk… - AIAA Propulsion and …, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
P gain combustion is an alternative combustion process that seeks to improve upon the
efficiency of modern deflagration engines by implementing a detonative combustion process …

Experimental Studies of Liquid Injector Response and Wall Heat Flux in a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine

D Lim - 2019 - search.proquest.com
The results of two experimental studies are presented in this document. The first was an
investigation on the transient response of plain orifice liquid injectors to transverse …

[HTML][HTML] Impulse generated from detonation waves in non-premixed and partially premixed reactants

K Mikoshiba, SV Sardeshmukh, SD Heister - Applications in Energy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rotating detonation engines (RDEs) are the subject of research in the combustion
community due to the prospects of enhanced thermal efficiency and power density when …