Real distillate fuels usually contain thousands of hydrocarbon components. Over a wide
range of combustion conditions, large hydrocarbon molecules undergo thermal …

We review recent progress in gaseous detonation experiment, modeling, and simulation. We
focus on the propagating detonation wave as a fundamental combustion process. The …

JP-10/air two-phase detonation and rotating detonation engine (RDE) are numerically
studied to find out their limits of physical values as a function of equivalence ratio …

A chemical-kinetic mechanism is presented that is designed to be used for autoignition,
deflagrations, detonations, and diffusion flames of a number of different fuels. To keep the …

Rotating detonation engines (RDEs) are gaining significant interest as a practical approach
to increasing the operating efficiency of propulsion systems through pressure gain …

Chemistry modeling in detonations typically relies on two broad approaches: simplified
models with one-or two-step chemistry, and detailed chemistry. These approaches require …

A methodology to develop predictive simplified kinetics schemes (one-step/three-step chain-
branching) is presented in which detonation velocity-curvature (D− κ) curves computed with …

Selected algorithms are described for the numerical solution of the governing equations for
the constant volume explosion model and the ZND detonation model. In the …

The HyChem (hybrid chem istry) approach has been proposed recently for modeling high-
temperature combustion of real, multicomponent fuels. The approach combines lumped …

In this paper the description of the two models (axisymmetric and rectangular) of
experimental combustion chambers and the parameters of the experiment and experimental …