[HTML][HTML] Flame acceleration and deflagration-to-detonation transition in micro-and macro-channels: An integrated mechanistic study

W Han, Y Gao, CK Law - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
The integrated processes of flame acceleration, deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT),
and the resulting detonation propagation in micro-and macro-scale channels are simulated …

Numerical analysis of the mean structure of gaseous detonation with dilute water spray

H Watanabe, A Matsuo, A Chinnayya… - Journal of Fluid …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Two-dimensional (2-D) numerical simulations based on the Eulerian–Lagrangian method
that take droplet break-up into account are conducted to clarify the mean structure of …

A computational study of the interaction of gaseous detonations with a compressible layer

M Reynaud, F Virot, A Chinnayya - Physics of Fluids, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The propagation of two-dimensional cellular gaseous detonation bounded by an inert layer
is examined via computational simulations. The analysis is based on the high-order …

A hybrid lattice Boltzmann method for gaseous detonations

G Wissocq, S Taileb, S Zhao, P Boivin - Journal of Computational Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
This article is dedicated to the construction of a robust and accurate numerical scheme
based on the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for simulations of gaseous detonations. This …

Effect of boundary layer losses on 2D detonation cellular structures

Q Xiao, A Sow, BM Maxwell, MI Radulescu - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
We evaluate the effect of boundary layer losses on two-dimensional H2/O2/Ar cellular
detonations obtained in narrow channels. The experiments provide the details of the cellular …

A detonation paradox: Why inviscid detonation simulations predict the incorrect trend for the role of instability in gaseous cellular detonations?

MI Radulescu - Combustion and Flame, 2018 - Elsevier
Experiments conducted over the past several decades have shown that the cellular structure
of detonations is responsible for enhancing the detonability of gaseous detonations in the …

The influence of the equation of state on the cellular structure of gaseous detonations

S Taileb, J Melguizo-Gavilanes, A Chinnayya - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The propagation of multidimensional gaseous detonations at elevated pressures was
investigated numerically. Initial conditions at which deviations from ideal gas are expected …

Propagation of gaseous detonation waves in a spatially inhomogeneous reactive medium

XC Mi, AJ Higgins, HD Ng, CB Kiyanda, N Nikiforakis - Physical Review Fluids, 2017 - APS
Detonation propagation in a compressible medium wherein the energy release has been
made spatially inhomogeneous is examined via numerical simulation. The inhomogeneity is …

The effect of the polytropic index γ on the structure of gaseous detonations

A Sow, SM Lau-Chapdelaine, MI Radulescu - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study aims to clarify the effect of the polytropic index (ie, the ratio of specific
heats in the context of a perfect gas) on the detonation structure. This is addressed by two …

Effect of spatial discretization of energy on detonation wave propagation

XC Mi, EV Timofeev, AJ Higgins - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
Detonation propagation in the limit of highly spatially discretized energy sources is
investigated. The model of this problem begins with a medium consisting of a calorically …