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 …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling thermodynamic trends of rotating detonation engines

J Koch, JN Kutz - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The formation of a number of co-and counter-rotating coherent combustion wave fronts is the
hallmark feature of the Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE). The engineering implications of …

Effects of variable total pressures on instability and extinction of rotating detonation combustion

M Zhao, JM Li, CJ Teo, BC Khoo, H Zhang - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2020 - Springer
Instability, extinction and re-initiation of rotating detonation in a two-dimensional Rotating
Detonation Engine (RDE) configuration are numerically investigated, and the emphasis is …

Numerical investigation of mass flow rate effects on multiplicity of detonation waves within a H2/Air rotating detonation combustor

M Salvadori, P Tudisco, D Ranjan, S Menon - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents results from numerical simulations of a non-premixed hydrogen-air
rotating detonation combustor with radial injection. The fuel and air mass flow rate are varied …

Effect of channel and oxidizer injection slot width on the rotating detonation fueled by pre-combustion cracked kerosene

Y Zhong, Y Wu, D Jin, X Chen, X Yang, S Wang - Acta Astronautica, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of the channel and oxidizer injection slot width on the rotating
detonation fueled by the pre-combustion cracked kerosene was researched. Three channel …

Experimental investigation on detonation wave propagation mode in the start-up process of rotating detonation turbine engine

S Zhou, H Ma, Y Ma, C Zhou, N Hu - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Rotating detonation combustor with pressure-gain capability could be performed as the
main combustor of a turbine engine to improve engine performance. In this paper, an …

Experimental research on ignition, quenching, reinitiation and the stabilization process in rotating detonation engine

Z Ma, S Zhang, M Luan, S Yao, Z Xia, J Wang - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental research on ignition, quenching, reinitiation and the
stabilization process in hydrogen-air rotating detonation engine with an array of injection …

Flow-field analysis and pressure gain estimation of a rotating detonation engine with banded distribution of reactants

XY Liu, MY Luan, YL Chen, JP Wang - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2020 - Elsevier
The flow-field structure and pressure gain performance of a rotating detonation engine with
banded distribution of reactants have been studied using two-dimensional numerical …

On the mechanisms of the multiplicity and bifurcation of detonation waves in 3D rotating detonation engines

XJ He, XY Liu, JP Wang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The mechanisms of the multiplicity and bifurcation of detonation waves in 3D rotating
detonation engines (RDEs) with cavity combustor and array-holes injection are numerically …