Rotating Detonation Instabilities in Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixture

Abstract:

Rotating detonation engines are studied more and more widely because of high thermodynamic efficiency and high specific impulse. Rotating detonation of hydrogen and oxygen was achieved in this study. Rotating detonation waves were observed by high speed cameras and detonation pressure traces were recorded by PCB pressure sensors. The velocity of rotating detonation waves is fluctuating during the run. Low frequency detonation instabilities, intermediate frequency detonation instabilities and high frequency detonation instabilities were discovered. They are relevant to unsteady heat release, acoustic oscillations and rotating detonation waves.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 709)
• Pages: 56-62
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.709.56
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Yu Hui Wang*, Jian Ping Wang
• Keywords: Detonation Instabilities, Pressure Traces, Rotating Detonation, Velocity

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