Critical transitions and their early warning signals in thermoacoustic systems

I Pavithran, VR Unni, RI Sujith - The European Physical Journal Special …, 2021 - Springer
Many complex systems undergo critical transitions. A thermoacoustic system is one such
system which exhibits a catastrophic transition to a state of oscillatory instability known as …

[HTML][HTML] Complex system approach to investigate and mitigate thermoacoustic instability in turbulent combustors

RI Sujith, VR Unni - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Thermoacoustic instability in turbulent combustors is a nonlinear phenomenon resulting
from the interaction between acoustics, hydrodynamics, and the unsteady flame. Over the …

Dynamical systems and complex systems theory to study unsteady combustion

RI Sujith, VR Unni - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
Reacting flow fields are often subject to unsteadiness due to flow, reaction, diffusion, and
acoustics. Further, flames can also exhibit inherent unsteadiness caused by various intrinsic …

Numerical investigation of combustion instability in a liquid rocket engine: Interaction effect between hydrodynamics and acoustic mode

Y Liu, P Liu, Z Wang, W Ao, G Xu, Y Guan - Aerospace Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present the numerical evidence of multiple bifurcations in thermoacoustic
instability as we decrease the equivalence ratio (ϕ) from fuel-rich (ϕ= 1.5) to fuel-lean (ϕ …

Large eddy simulation of combustion instability in a subcritical hydrogen peroxide/kerosene liquid rocket engine: Intermittency route to period-2 thermoacoustic …

Y Liu, P Liu, Z Wang, W Ao, Y Guan - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents the first numerical evidence of an intermittency route to period-2
thermoacoustic instability in a subcritical singleelement liquid rocket engine burning …

Coupled interaction between acoustics and unsteady flame dynamics during the transition to thermoacoustic instability in a multi-element rocket combustor

P Kasthuri, SA Pawar, R Gejji, W Anderson… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rocket engine combustors are prone to transverse instabilities that are characterized by
large amplitude high frequency oscillations in the acoustic pressure and the heat release …

[HTML][HTML] Early detection of thermoacoustic instabilities in a cryogenic rocket thrust chamber using combustion noise features and machine learning

G Waxenegger-Wilfing, U Sengupta, J Martin… - … Journal of Nonlinear …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We present a data-driven method for the early detection of thermoacoustic instabilities.
Recurrence quantification analysis is used to calculate characteristic combustion features …

Formation mechanism of high-frequency combustion oscillations in a model rocket engine combustor

S Shima, K Nakamura, H Gotoda, Y Ohmichi… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We study the formation mechanism of high-frequency combustion oscillations in a model
rocket combustor from the viewpoints of symbolic dynamics and complex networks. The flow …

Numerical investigation of mode competition and cooperation on the combustion instability in a non-premixed combustor

Y Liu, P Liu, Z Wang, G Xu, B Jin - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
The phenomena of combustion instabilities beyond limit cycles caused by the nonlinear
interaction of various instability modes have recently received much attention. This paper …

Analysis of self-excited transverse combustion instability in a rectangular model rocket combustor

K Guo, Y Ren, Y Tong, W Lin, W Nie - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A methane/oxygen mixture is considered to be an appropriate propellant for many future
rocket engines due to its practicality and low cost. To better understand the combustion …