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 …

Multi-wave effects on stability and performance in rotating detonation combustors

Z Sheng, M Cheng, JP Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Recently, with the development of detonation-based propulsion systems, scholars have
begun to study how to perform mode control on the rotating detonation combustor (RDC). It …

On the distributions of fuel droplets and in situ vapor in rotating detonation combustion with prevaporized n-heptane sprays

Q Meng, N Zhao, H Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Rotating detonation combustion fueled with partially prevaporized n-heptane sprays is
studied with the Eulerian–Lagrangian method. A flattened two-dimensional domain with …

Origin and chaotic propagation of multiple rotating detonation waves in hydrogen/air mixtures

M Zhao, H Zhang - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The origin and chaotic propagation of multiple detonative waves in the two-dimensional
modelled rotating detonation combustor fueled by premixed hydrogen/air mixtures are …

Combustion mode and wave multiplicity in rotating detonative combustion with separate reactant injection

M Zhao, MJ Cleary, H Zhang - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations with detailed chemistry are conducted for two-dimensional rotating
detonative combustion with separate injection of fuel and oxidant. The influences of the fuel …

Eulerian-Lagrangian modelling of rotating detonative combustion in partially pre-vaporized n-heptane sprays with hydrogen addition

Q Meng, M Zhao, H Zheng, H Zhang - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Rotating detonation combustion (RDC) fuelled with partially pre-vaporized n-heptane sprays
and gaseous hydrogen is studied with an Eulerian-Lagrangian method and a simplified two …

Formation of multiple detonation waves in rotating detonation engines with inhomogeneous methane/oxygen mixtures under different equivalence ratios

Z Luan, Y Huang, S Gao, Y You - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
The performance of rotating detonation engines is strongly affected by the multiple
detonation waves that occur, although the reason for their formation has not yet been fully …

Effects of inlet and secondary flow conditions on the flow field of rotating detonation engines with film cooling

J Yu, S Yao, J Li, Y Huang, C Guo, W Zhang - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional simulation of the rotating detonation engine (RDE) with film cooling is
conducted. The aim of this study is to analyze the fluid dynamics and heat transfer of the …

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 …

Numerical investigation of a rotating detonation engine under premixed/non-premixed conditions

J Sun, J Zhou, S Liu, Z Lin - Acta astronautica, 2018 - Elsevier
Rotating detonation engines are widely studied because of their compact configurations and
high thermal cycle efficiency. For briefty, most of the numerical simulations of rotating …