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This paper reports on two-dimensional numerical simulation of cellular detonation wave in a \(\rm {H_2}\)/\(\rm {O_2}\)/\(\rm {Ar}\) mixture with low initial pressure using a detailed chemical reaction model and high order WENO scheme. Before the final equilibrium structure is produced, a fairly regular but still non-equilibrium mode is observed during the early stage of structure formation process. The numerically tracked detonation cells show that the cell size always adapts to the channel height such that the cell ratio is fairly independent of the grid sizes and initial and boundary conditions. During the structural evolution in a detonation cell, even as the simulated detonation wave characteristics suggest the presence of an ordinary detonation, the evolving instantaneous detonation state indicates a mainly underdriven state. As a considerable region of the gas mixture in a cell is observed to be ignited by the incident wave and transverse wave, it is further suggested that these two said waves play an essential role in the detonation propagation.
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Communicated by F. Lu
Received: 16 September 2003, Accepted: 14 June 2004, Published online: 20 August 2004[/PUBLISHED]
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47.40.-x, 82.40.Fp, 82.33.Vx, 83.85.Pt
X.Y. Hu: Correspondence to Current address: Institut für Strömungsmechanik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Deutschland
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Hu, X.Y., Zhang, D.L., Khoo, B.C. et al. The structure and evolution of a two-dimensional H2/O2/Ar cellular detonation. Shock Waves 14, 37–44 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-004-0234-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-004-0234-5