C. A. Nordeen, D. Schwer, F. Schauer, J. Hoke, T. Barber, B. Cetegen, “Thermodynamic model of a rotating detonation engine”, Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, 2014, Volume 50, Issue 5,Pages <nobr>75

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Thermodynamic model of a rotating detonation engine

C. A. Nordeen^a, D. Schwer^b, F. Schauer^c, J. Hoke^d, T. Barber^a, B. Cetegen^a

^a Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269-3139, USA
^b Naval Research Laboratory Center for Reactive Flow and Dynamical Systems, Code 6410, Washington, DC, 20375, USA
^c Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA
^d Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc., Dayton, OH, USA

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.

Keywords: rotating detonation engine, continuous detonation, thermodynamic model, ZND model, velocity triangles, Euler turbine equation, swirl.

UDC: 534.222.2

Received: 05.04.2013
Revised: 07.10.2013