Numerical simulations of detonation-containing flows have emerged as crucial tools for
designing next-generation power and propulsion devices. As these tools mature, it is …

Simulating high-speed, chemically reacting flows is computationally intensive due to its
disparate space and time scales, primarily driven by chemistry stiffness. Recent …

Supersonic combustion, characterized by short residence times and complex shock
structures, relies on rapid fuel atomization and efficient fuel-air mixing to achieve high …

Computational design of rotating detonation engines (RDEs) has been limited by the high
computational expense associated with resolving the shock-reaction structures. Due to the …

Conical oblique detonation waves (ODWs) are studied with high-fidelity numerical
simulations, including complex chemical kinetics for an ethylene-air mixture at standard …

This study investigates the impact of differential diffusion and local strain in hydrogen-based
jet-in-crossflow (JICF) flames. JICF systems are commonly found in gas turbines, and is a …

Rotating detonation engines/combustors (RDE/RDCs) use unsteady detonation waves to
process fuel. These designs are expensive to simulate because they require fine grids …

The integration of machine learning (ML) models into computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
solvers represents a novel frontier to accelerate simulation times and increase …

The stabilization of scramjet combustors involves the complex interplay of shock structures,
turbulence, near-wall flow separation, and chemical reactions. Due to the short time scales …

In high-speed compressible flows, the structure of the reaction zone and its modification by
turbulence are important physical processes that need to be explored. Here, adaptive mesh …