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 …

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 …

Flow field of a rotating detonation engine fueled by carbon

W Zhu, Y Wang, J Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Solid–gas rotating detonation engines have been widely studied, but experimental
limitations have prevented the full information of the flow field from being revealed. This …

Experimental study on propagation mode of rotating detonation wave with cracked kerosene gas and ambient temperature air

J Han, Q Bai, S Zhang, C Weng - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In order to obtain propagation characteristics of a rotating detonation wave (RDW) of
cracked kerosene gas (CKG) and ambient temperature air, a series of experiments were …

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 …

On the wave propagation modes and operation range in rotating detonation combustor with varied injection and outlet throat

Y Wu, G Xu, C Ding, C Weng - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The rotating detonation combustor (RDC) has received remarkable attention in the
aerospace community. In this work, an experimental RDC model supplied by liquid …

Numerical study of the mechanisms of the longitudinal pulsed detonation in two-dimensional rotating detonation combustors

XJ He, XY Liu, JP Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A numerical study of the longitudinal pulsed detonation (LPD) is conducted in the present
paper. The occurrence mechanism of the LPD, called shock wave amplification by coherent …

Structure of a heterogeneous two-phase rotating detonation wave with ethanol–hydrogen–air mixture

S Yao, X Tang, W Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this short Letter, the structure of a rotating detonation wave (RDW) fueled by biofuel is
revealed and expounded. A simulation is carried out under an Eulerian–Lagrangian …

Flow field characteristics and particle path tracking of a hollow rotating detonation engine with a Laval nozzle

G Rong, M Cheng, Z Sheng, Y Zhang, X Liu… - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A statistical particle path tracking method is applied to a hollow rotating detonation engine
(RDE) with a Laval nozzle, and the flow field characteristics are investigated. The in-house …

Numerical study of the effects of injection conditions on rotating detonation engine propulsive performance

L Shi, E Fan, H Shen, CY Wen, S Shang, H Hu - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
A three-dimensional upwind conservation element and solution element method (CESE) in
cylindrical coordinates is first developed to effectively solve the unsteady reactive Euler …