...Kristyn B. Johnson; Donald H. Ferguson; Justin M. Weber; Andrew C. Nix Although inherently unstable, existing research in rotating detonation combustion supports its application in notionally steady processes resulting in greater availability compared to conventional, constant pressure combustion...

...Jeffrey Goldmeer; Venkat Tangirala; Anthony Dean A key application for a Pulse detonation engine concept is envisioned as a hybrid engine, which replaces the combustor in a conventional gas turbine with a pulse detonation combustor (PDC). A limit-cycle model, based on quasi-unsteady computational...

...T. E. Hutchins; M. Metghalchi Energy and exergy analyses have been performed on a pulse detonation engine. A pulse detonation engine is a promising new engine, which uses a detonation wave instead of a deflagration wave for the combustion process. The high-speed supersonic combustion wave reduces...

...T. Kaemming The pulsed detonation engine (PDE) is a unique propulsion system that uses the pressure rise associated with detonations to efficiently provide thrust. A study was conducted under the direction of the NASA Langley Research Center to identify the flight applications that provide...

...M. A. Mawid; T. W. Park; B. Sekar; C. Arana The potential performance gain of utilizing pulse detonation combustion in the bypass duct of a turbofan engine for possible elimination of the traditional afterburner was investigated in this study. A pulse detonation turbofan engine concept without...