The study examines chemiluminescence measurements and computations as a method of
validation. Because chemiluminescent radicals are present in small concentrations and …

Prediction of combustion instability is essential in reducing development costs of large scale
rocket engines. Recently, high fidelity CFD models have shown some ability to represent the …

A method for obtaining combustion response functions from experiments or detailed
computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analyses is described and used in a quasi one …

Longitudinal combustion instability in liquid-propellant rocket engines is investigated using
an in-house axisymmetric, multispecies compressible flow solver. Turbulence is treated …

A methane/oxygen mixture is considered to be an appropriate propellant for many future
rocket engines due to its practicality and low cost. To better understand the combustion …

Axisymmetric simulations of a liquid rocket engine are performed using a delayed detached-
eddy-simulation (DDES) turbulence model with the Compressible Flamelet Progress …

Spontaneous and triggered longitudinal combustion instability is simulated numerically in a
single-injector liquid-rocket engine using a recently developed axisymmetric compressible …

A transverse combustion instability study composed of experimental and hybrid Reynolds-
averaged Navier–Stokes/large eddy simulation results is described. The study is focused on …

Several test cases in the literature have shown that both transverse and longitudinal high-
frequency combustion instability can be driven by the injector dynamics. In these cases …

Combustion instability due to thermo-acoustic interactions is a critical combustion problem
that requires a thorough understanding because of its adverse impact on stable and reliable …