TY - JOUR
T1 - A numerical study of a two-dimensional H2-O2-Ar detonation using a detailed chemical reaction model
AU - Oran, Elaine S.
AU - Weber, James W.
AU - Stefaniw, Eliza I.
AU - Lefebvre, Michel H.
AU - Anderson, John D.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this project was provided by the Office of Naval Research, the DARPA Applied and Computational Mathematics Program, and the PALACE KNIGHT program of the United States Air Force. The authors would like to thank the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), the Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC), the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) for providing access to and support of their Connection Machines.
PY - 1998/4
Y1 - 1998/4
N2 - Two-dimensional computations of the propagation of a detonation in a low-pressure, argon-diluted mixture of hydrogen and oxygen were performed using a detailed chemical reaction mechanism. Cellular structure developed after an initial perturbation was applied to a one-dimensional solution placed on a two-dimensional grid. The energy-release pattern in a detonation cell showed that, in addition to the primary release of energy behind the Mach stem, there is a secondary energy release that starts about two-thirds of the way through the cell. Reignition, which occurs as transverse waves collide, results in an explosion that spreads over a region and releases a considerable amount of energy. Resolution tests showed convergence of the detonation mode (number of triple points or transverse waves) reached at the end of the computations, as well as global and local energy release. The computations were performed on massively parallel Connection Machines for which new approaches were developed to maximize the speed and efficiency of integrations.
AB - Two-dimensional computations of the propagation of a detonation in a low-pressure, argon-diluted mixture of hydrogen and oxygen were performed using a detailed chemical reaction mechanism. Cellular structure developed after an initial perturbation was applied to a one-dimensional solution placed on a two-dimensional grid. The energy-release pattern in a detonation cell showed that, in addition to the primary release of energy behind the Mach stem, there is a secondary energy release that starts about two-thirds of the way through the cell. Reignition, which occurs as transverse waves collide, results in an explosion that spreads over a region and releases a considerable amount of energy. Resolution tests showed convergence of the detonation mode (number of triple points or transverse waves) reached at the end of the computations, as well as global and local energy release. The computations were performed on massively parallel Connection Machines for which new approaches were developed to maximize the speed and efficiency of integrations.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0010-2180(97)00218-6
DO - 10.1016/S0010-2180(97)00218-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032053935
SN - 0010-2180
VL - 113
SP - 147
EP - 163
JO - Combustion and Flame
JF - Combustion and Flame
IS - 1-2
ER -