Study of a qualitative model for combustion waves: Flames, detonations, and deflagration-to-detonation transition

Andrei Yu Goldin, Shamil M. Magomedov, Luiz M. Faria, Aslan R. Kasimov

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Abstract

We analyze a simplified one-dimensional model of combustion that includes the effects of compressibility, diffusion, heat conduction, viscosity, and exothermic heat release. Using numerical simulations, we show that the model predicts both detonation-like and deflagration-like traveling waves. Importantly, it also predicts spontaneous transition from deflagration to detonation in the problem of hot-spot ignition from a closed end of a channel.

Original languageEnglish
Article number106213
JournalComputers and Fluids
Volume273
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2024

Keywords

  • Deflagration to detonation transition
  • Detonation
  • Detonation analog
  • Reactive Navier–Stokes equations

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