Numerical investigation of the instability for one-dimensional Chapman-Jouguet detonations with chain-branching kinetics

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-401

  Ng, H D ^a   Radulescu, M I ^a   Higgins, A J ^a   Nikiforakis, N ^b   Lee, J H S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chain branching kinetics; Detonations; Instability; Limit; Nonlinear dynamics; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

ARRHENIUS KINETICS; CHAIN-BRANCHING KINETICS; CHAPMAN-JOUGUET DETONATIONS;

DETONATION;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 27844505657     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: 17413559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13647830500307758     Document Type: Article

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