Volume 46, Issue 9 No AccessDetonation Initiation in a Tube via Imploding Toroidal Shock WavesS. I. Jackson and J. E. ShepherdS. I. Jackson California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125Search for more papers by this author and J. E. Shepherd California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:2 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/1.35569SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byParametric study of hydrogen concentration on detonation initiation by shock focusingInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 47, No. 46Numerical investigation of detonation initiation by a focusing shock wave6 October 2020 | Shock Waves, Vol. 31, No. 7Adjoint-based optimisation of detonation initiation by a focusing shock wave25 March 2021 | Shock Waves, Vol. 31, No. 7Influence of flow parameters on single shock-wave-focusing detonation and initial verification16 August 2021 | AIP Advances, Vol. 11, No. 8Efforts on High-Frequency Pulse Detonation EnginesKe Wang and Wei Fan31 May 2016 | Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 33, No. 1Adaptive simulations of viscous detonations initiated by a hot jet using a high-order hybrid WENO–CD schemeProceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 36, No. 2Detonation initiation in a channel via facing injection of flame jetsTransactions of the JSME (in Japanese), Vol. 83, No. 846Numerical Investigation on Detonation Control Using a Pulse Hot Jet in Supersonic Combustible Mixture7 June 2016 | Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 188, No. 10Detonation Simulations in Supersonic Combustible Mixtures with Nonuniform SpeciesXiaodong Cai, Jianhan Liang, Ralf Deiterding and Zhiyong Lin7 May 2016 | AIAA Journal, Vol. 54, No. 8Adaptive simulations of cavity-based detonation in supersonic hydrogen–oxygen mixtureInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 41, No. 16Operation of a pulse detonation engine system at high frequency26 August 2015 | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 230, No. 5Detonation Transition Around Cylindrical Reflector of Pulse Detonation Engine InitiatorMasashi Wakita, Masayoshi Tamura, Akihiro Terasaka, Kazuya Sajiki, Tsuyoshi Totani and Harunori Nagata9 July 2013 | Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 29, No. 4Development of a Large Pulse Detonation Engine DemonstratorFrank Lu, David Carter and Donald Wilson17 November 2012Driver Gas Reduction Effect of Pulse-Detonation-Engine Initiator Using Reflecting Board Masashi Wakita , Ryusuke Numakura , Takatoshi Asada , Masayoshi Tamura , Tsuyoshi Totani and Harunori Nagata 23 May 2012 | Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 27, No. 1 What's Popular Volume 46, Number 9September 2008 Crossmark TopicsAerodynamicsCombustionCombustion ChambersComputational Fluid DynamicsEnergyEnergy ConversionEnergy FormsEnergy Forms, Production and ConversionEnergy ProductionFluid DynamicsHeat EnginesNormal Shock WaveNumerical AnalysisShock Waves KeywordsDetonation WavesDeflagration to Detonation TransitionShock TunnelsMach ReflectionPressure TransducersDAQNumerical SimulationPulse Detonation EngineUniversal Gas ConstantPlanar WavesPDF Published online2 May 2012