Computational study of near-limit propagation of detonation in hydrogen-air mixtures

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Yungster, S ^a   Radhakrishnan, K ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETONATION; HYDROGEN; MIXTURES; NUMERICAL METHODS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PROPULSION; SHOCK WAVES;

COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FINITE-RATE CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN-AIR COMBUSTION; INITIAL TEMPERATURES; TIME-MARCHING ALGORITHMS; TOTAL VARIATION DIMINISHING SCHEME;

COMBUSTION KNOCK;

EID: 85087190493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-3712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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