Abstract
The conventional Zel’dovich-von Neumann-Döring (ZND) detonation theory is modified with two-dimensional velocity vectors to account for the performance and steady-state flow features of a rotating detonation engine. The developed analytical model explains many of the steady-state features of the rotating detonation and its thermodynamics. The generation of swirl is shown to be the primary mechanism of energy transfer.
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Original Russian Text © C.A. Nordeen, D. Schwer, F. Schauer, J. Hoke, Th. Barber, B. Cetegen.
Published in Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 75–86, September–October, 2014.
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Nordeen, C.A., Schwer, D., Schauer, F. et al. Thermodynamic model of a rotating detonation engine. Combust Explos Shock Waves 50, 568–577 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508214050128
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