Flow Characterization of a Rotating Detonation Combustor Integrated with Various Convergent Nozzles

AK Agrawal, S Talukdar, D Langner… - AIAA SciTech 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-1295. vid In this study, convergent
nozzles of various area ratio (AR) are used downstream of a Rotating Detonation Combustor …

Imaging Exhaust Flow of Radial RDE using Rainbow Schlieren Deflectometry

A Gupta, D Langner, R Miller, S Sawaya… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-2391. vid A radial Rotating
Detonation Engine (RRDE) is designed and operated using methane as fuel and enriched …

Multi-wave Operation of a Radial Rotating Detonation Engine with Integrated Aerospike

D Langner, A Gupta, S Talukdar… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0578. vid A Radial Rotating
Detonation Engine (RRDE) integrated with an aerospike is operated across multiple …

Performance Characterization of a Radial Rotating Detonation Combustor With Axial Exhaust

D Langner, A Gupta, A James… - … of Engineering for …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This experimental study characterizes the performance of a radial rotating detonation
combustor (RDC). An aerospike nozzle for rocket propulsion has been integrated into the …

Geometric Scaling of Cylindrical Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Combustors

T Mundt - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Abstract A Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) is a propulsion device employing
detonation waves moving circumferentially around an annular channel to consume axially …

[PDF][PDF] Wave Mode Characteristics of a Radial Rotating Detonation Engine

DG Langner, A Gupta, DA McClinton… - 2022 Spring Technical …, 2022 - researchgate.net
A Radial Rotating Detonation Engine (RRDE) with an integrated aerospike has been
operated at various conditions of reactant flow rates, oxidizer composition, and equivalence …

Numerical Optimization of a Reacting Radial Rotating Detonation Engine using Cross-Sectional Area Profiling

K Bell, AK Agrawal - AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Most previous and current rotating detonation combustion (RDC) research has focused on
annular RDCs, in which reactants are injected axially, and the exhaust flow is predominantly …

Effects of Combustor Geometry on Performance and Exhaust Flow Field of Radial Rotating Detonation Engine with an Aerospike

D Langner, A Gupta, S Talukdar… - AIAA SCITECH 2024 …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
A second-generation radial rotating detonation engine (RRDE) made of copper has been
installed and operated to build upon the experience gained with the first-generation …

Schlieren-Based Methodology for Tomographic Reconstruction of 3D Density Field in RDE Exhaust

A Gupta, K Bell, E Bogdanowicz… - AIAA SCITECH 2024 …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Rainbow Schlieren Deflectometry (RSD) can provide quantitative measurements of ray
deflection angles in a rotating detonation engine (RDE) that can be used to validate …