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Mathematical modeling of a rotating detonation wave in a hydrogen-oxygen mixture

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A two-dimensional unsteady mathematical model of spin detonation in an annular cylindrical ramjet-type combustor is formulated. The wave dynamics in the combustor filled by a hydrogen-oxygen mixture is studied numerically.

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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 90–101, July–August, 2007.

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Zhdan, S.A., Bykovskii, F.A. & Vedernikov, E.F. Mathematical modeling of a rotating detonation wave in a hydrogen-oxygen mixture. Combust Explos Shock Waves 43, 449–459 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10573-007-0061-y

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