Influence of turbulent fluctuations on detonation propagation

BMN Maxwell, RR Bhattacharjee… - Journal of Fluid …, 2017 - cambridge.org
The present study addresses the reaction zone structure and burning mechanism of
unstable detonations. Experiments investigated mainly two-dimensional methane–oxygen …

[HTML][HTML] On the nature of transverse waves in marginal hydrogen detonation simulations using boundary layer loss modeling and detailed chemistry

J Smith, C Schmitt, Q Xiao, B Maxwell - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Historically, it has been a challenge to simulate the experimentally observed cellular
structures and marginal behavior of multi-dimensional, thin-channel hydrogen detonations …

On the role of transverse detonation waves in the re-establishment of attenuated detonations in methane–oxygen

G Floring, M Peswani, B Maxwell - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
This investigation concerns the problem of detonation attenuation in stoichiometric methane-
oxygen and its re-establishment following its interaction with obstacles, using high resolution …

Chapman–Jouguet deflagrations and their transition to detonation

M Saif, W Wang, A Pekalski, M Levin… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
We study experimentally fast flames and their transition to detonation for five different
hydrocarbons, namely methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, and propane with oxygen as …

Large eddy simulation of a supersonic lifted hydrogen flame with perfectly stirred reactor model

M Zhao, ZX Chen, H Zhang, N Swaminathan - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Large Eddy Simulation with a Perfectly Stirred Reactor model (LES− PSR) is
developed to simulate supersonic combustion with high-enthalpy flow conditions. The PSR …

Modelling of the transition of a turbulent shock-flame complex to detonation using the linear eddy model

B Maxwell, A Pekalski, M Radulescu - Combustion and Flame, 2018 - Elsevier
In the current study, the influence of turbulent mixing and local reaction rates on the
transition to detonation of a turbulent shock-flame complex was investigated using a state-of …

Origins of instabilities in turbulent mixing layers behind detonation propagation into reactive–inert gas interfaces

B Maxwell, J Melguizo-Gavilanes - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Interactions of mildly irregular detonation waves with sharp interfaces separating
combustible mixtures from an inert gas were modeled numerically using the compressible …

Flame acceleration and transition to detonation in a pre-/main-chamber combustion system

S Lai, C Xu, M Davy, X Fang - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Numerical simulations are performed to study the mechanism of deflagration to detonation
transition (DDT) in a pre-/main-chamber combustion system with a stoichiometric ethylene …

Experimental study on initiation and propagation behavior of propane/oxygen/nitrogen detonation wave

S Liu, X Chen, N Zhao, H Zheng, X Jia - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
In this experiment, detonation cell sizes of propane/oxygen/nitrogen under different initial
conditions was measured, including the ratio of nitrogen to oxidant, equivalence ratio and …

Combustion properties of a simple and efficient four-step model

M Peswani, C Gerace, B Maxwell - Shock Waves, 2022 - Springer
Modeling of the chemistry and thermodynamics is crucial in numerical simulations that
attempt to accurately simulate reactive flows such as flame acceleration and detonation …