THE VIDEO SHELF · rotating detonation engines
Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) -- Dynamics and Bifurcations
Nathan Kutz presents the spatio-temporal dynamics of rotating detonation rocket engines, including combustion fronts that behave like solitons. He shows a bifurcation analysis of a multiscale model that captures the main features.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it for its fluid dynamics of detonation waves and its high-speed imaging of rotating pulses.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Nathan Kutz
- Topic
- rotating detonation engines
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- advanced
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2022
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From the original HN conversations
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I think a better title would be "Hall Thrusters Understood So Well Better Instruments Needed to Measure the Friction of Quanta" - If something has momentum, it has mass. - If something isn't leaving an engine now, it's condensing. - Electromagnetic fields can recruit and …
flubloppoma on Hacker News · 2022-04
In No one knows why the most used spacecraft propulsion system worksHere's a video that presents the science behind rotating detonation engines; the article was pretty light on detail. This video is at the other end of the spectrum, clearly intended for other researchers in this domain. Or, if it's over your head (it was for …
tofof on Hacker News · 2022-10
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