Rotating detonation combustors and their similarities to rocket instabilities

V Anand, E Gutmark - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Rotating detonation combustors (RDC) are at the forefront of pressure gain combustion
(PGC) research, utilizing one or more azimuthally spinning detonation waves, an intrinsically …

Recent progress, development trends, and consideration of continuous detonation engines

JZ Ma, MY Luan, ZJ Xia, JP Wang, S Zhang, S Yao… - AIAA Journal, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The continuous detonation engine (CDE) is based on detonation waves and is a new jet
engine concept that is expected to bring a technical revolution to current aviation and …

Investigation of counter-rotating shock wave and wave direction control of hollow rotating detonation engine with Laval nozzle

G Rong, M Cheng, Z Sheng, X Liu, Y Zhang… - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The counter-rotating shock wave and wave direction control of the hollow rotating detonation
combustor with Laval nozzle are studied. The in-house solver BYRFoam, developed on the …

On the effects of reactant stratification and wall curvature in non-premixed rotating detonation combustors

V Athmanathan, J Braun, ZM Ayers, CA Fugger… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The optimization of non-premixed rotating detonation combustors (RDCs) requires improved
understanding of the coupled effects of reactant stratification, fluid property gradients, and …

Propulsive performance and heating environment of rotating detonation engine with various nozzles

K Goto, J Nishimura, A Kawasaki, K Matsuoka… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
Geometric throats are commonly applied to rocket combustors to increase pressure and
specific impulse. This paper presents the results from thrust measurements of an …

Numerical study on JP-10/air detonation and rotating detonation engine

AK Hayashi, N Tsuboi, E Dzieminska - AIAA journal, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
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 …

Analysis of flow-field characteristics and pressure gain in air-breathing rotating detonation combustor

K Wu, S Zhang, D She, J Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Three-dimensional numerical simulations are performed on air-breathing rotating detonation
combustors with detailed H 2/air chemistry. Detonation-related flow structures and pressure …

Experimental research on the performance of a rotating detonation combustor with a turbine guide vane

Y Wu, C Weng, Q Zheng, W Wei, Q Bai - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Rotating detonation engines (RDEs) have received significant attention from industry and
academia alike, owing to their numerous advantages, such as pressure gain combustion …

Effects of injection parameters on propagation patterns of hydrogen-fueled rotating detonation waves

K Yao, P Yang, H Teng, Z Chen, C Wang - international journal of hydrogen …, 2022 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional rotating detonation waves (RDWs) with separate injections of hydrogen
and air are simulated using the Navier–Stokes equations together with a detailed chemical …

Numerical research on kerosene/air rotating detonation engines under different injection total temperatures

F Wang, C Weng, Y Wu, Q Bai, Q Zheng… - Aerospace Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, an improved κ-CNI scheme CE/SE Euler solver with chemical source terms is
applied to investigate the propagation characteristics and propulsive performance of …