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Effects of activation energy on the instability of oblique detonation surfaces with a one-step chemistry model

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Effects of activation energy on the instability of oblique detonation surfaces with a one-step chemistry model

Zhang, Yining, Zhou, Lin, Gong, Jishuang, Ng, Hoi Dick and Teng, Honghui (2018) Effects of activation energy on the instability of oblique detonation surfaces with a one-step chemistry model. Physics of Fluids, 30 (106110).

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Abstract

A numerical study was performed to investigate the detailed effects of activation energy Ea on the oblique detonation wave surface instability. Numerical simulations were performed using an ideal reactive flow model given by the inviscid Euler equations with one-step irreversible Arrhenius reaction kinetics. The numerical results demonstrate two types of unstable structures following the initial smooth surface after detonation initiation. One exhibits by a “saw-tooth” reactive front and the other exhibits by a “keystone” feature. To quantify the destabilization processes, two characteristic length scales, L1 and L2, are defined statistically to be the length of the smooth detonation surface before the appearance of instabilities and the length of the unstable surface before the first cellular structure with the onset of right-running transverse waves, respectively. Their dependence on Ea was simulated and analyzed. In general, both lengths decrease with increasing Ea, making the surface more unstable. However, with increasing Ea, the high temperature sensitivity of the mixture causes an abrupt explosion in the initiation region, introducing a high overdriven surface and suppressing the instability. With the balance between the destabilizing effect of Ea and the stabilizing effect of increasing overdrive factor, both L1 and L2 are found to approach a near-constant value in the high Ea limit.

Divisions:Concordia University > Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science > Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering
Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Authors:Zhang, Yining and Zhou, Lin and Gong, Jishuang and Ng, Hoi Dick and Teng, Honghui
Journal or Publication:Physics of Fluids
Date:2018
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):10.1063/1.5054063
ID Code:990801
Deposited By: Hoi Dick Ng
Deposited On:23 Sep 2022 18:06
Last Modified:23 Sep 2022 18:06
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