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Overview

Ralf Deiterding is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on engineering, with a strong emphasis on computational mechanics, aerospace engineering, and safety, risk, reliability, and quality. Deiterding's work intersects applied mathematics and mechanics of materials, contributing to a broad understanding of complex engineering systems.

Deiterding has contributed extensively to key research topics within engineering, including:

  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
  • Energetic Materials and Combustion
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies

They have coauthored multiple papers with frequent collaborators such as Jianhan Liang, Xiaodong Cai, Wandong Zhao, Yuqi Wang, and Hoi Dick Ng.

Deiterding's publications are commonly found in several prominent venues, reflecting their research focus and interdisciplinary approach. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Physics of Fluids
  • Civil-comp conferences
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Computers & Fluids
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Among their recent papers are studies addressing flame propagation, combustion mode transitions, and detonation wave transmission. Notable papers from 2020 to 2022 include:

  • "Relationship of flame propagation and combustion mode transition of end-gas based on pressure wave in confined space" (2020), published in Combustion and Flame
  • "Propagation of gaseous detonation across inert layers" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • "Effect of transverse jet position on flame propagation regime" (2021), published in Physics of Fluids
  • "Transmission of a detonation wave across an inert layer" (2021), published in Combustion and Flame
  • "Flame-turbulence interactions during flame acceleration using solid and fluid obstacles" (2022), published in Physics of Fluids

Best Publications

  • Parallel adaptive simulation of multi-dimensional detonation structures

    Ralf Deiterding

  • A parallel adaptive method for simulating shock-induced combustion with detailed chemical kinetics in complex domains

    Ralf Deiterding

  • A low numerical dissipation patch-based adaptive mesh refinement method for large-eddy simulation of compressible flows

    C. Pantano;R. Deiterding;D. J. Hill;D. I. Pullin

  • Large-scale fluid-structure interaction simulation of viscoplastic and fracturing thin-shells subjected to shocks and detonations

    Fehmi Cirak;Ralf Deiterding;Sean P. Mauch

  • An adaptive high-order hybrid scheme for compressive, viscous flows with detailed chemistry

    Jack L Ziegler;Ralf Deiterding;Joseph E Shepherd;Dale I Pullin

  • A virtual test facility for the efficient simulation of solid material response under strong shock and detonation wave loading

    Ralf Deiterding;Raul Radovitzky;Sean P. Mauch;Ludovic Noels

  • Block-structured Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory, Implementation and Application

    Ralf Deiterding

  • High-resolution numerical simulation and analysis of Mach reflection structures in detonation waves in low-pressure H2 - O2 - Ar mixtures: a summary of results obtained with the adaptive mesh refinement framework AMROC

    Ralf Deiterding

  • Detonation front structure and the competition for radicals

    Z. Liang;S. Browne;R. Deiterding;J.E. Shepherd

  • Experimental and numerical investigations on propagating modes of detonations: detonation wave/boundary layer interaction

    Xiaodong Cai;Jianhan Liang;Ralf Deiterding;Yasser Mahmoudi

  • Effects of jet in crossflow on flame acceleration and deflagration to detonation transition in methane–oxygen mixture

    Han Peng;Yue Huang;Ralf Deiterding;Zhenye Luan

  • Eulerian adaptive finite-difference method for high-velocity impact and penetration problems

    P. T. Barton;R. Deiterding;D. Meiron;D. Pullin

  • Construction and Application of an AMR Algorithm for Distributed Memory Computers

    Ralf Deiterding

  • Proximal bodies in hypersonic flow

    Stuart J. Laurence;Ralf Deiterding;Hans G. Hornung

  • Adaptive mesh refinement based simulations of three-dimensional detonation combustion in supersonic combustible mixtures with a detailed reaction model

    Xiaodong Cai;Jianhan Liang;Ralf Deiterding;Yonggang Che

  • Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Gaseous Detonations: Comparison of Euler, Navier–Stokes, and Large-Eddy Simulation

    Y. Mahmoudi;N. Karimi;Ralf Deiterding;S. Emami

  • Dynamical separation of spherical bodies in supersonic flow

    Stuart J. Laurence;Nick J. Parziale;Ralf Deiterding

  • Parametric study of detonation initiation using a hot jet in supersonic combustible mixtures

    Xiaodong Cai;Jianhan Liang;Zhiyong Lin;Ralf Deiterding

  • Simulation of liquid jet primary breakup in a supersonic crossflow under Adaptive Mesh Refinement framework

    Nan Liu;Zhenguo Wang;Mingbo Sun;Ralf Deiterding

  • Mechanism of end-gas autoignition induced by flame-pressure interactions in confined space

    Ralf Deiterding

  • Adaptive simulations of viscous detonations initiated by a hot jet using a high-order hybrid WENO–CD scheme

    Xiaodong Cai;Ralf Deiterding;Jianhan Liang;Yasser Mahmoudi

  • High-resolution Simulation of Detonations with Detailed Chemistry

    Ralf Deiterding;Georg Bader

  • Diffusion and mixing effects in hot jet initiation and propagation of hydrogen detonations

    Xiaodong Cai;Ralf Deiterding;Jianhan Liang;Mingbo Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil D. Sandham
Neil D. Sandham University of Southampton
D. I. Pullin
D. I. Pullin California Institute of Technology
Kai Schneider
Kai Schneider Aix-Marseille University
Joseph E. Shepherd
Joseph E. Shepherd California Institute of Technology
Matthias Ihme
Matthias Ihme Stanford University
Pere Colet
Pere Colet Spanish National Research Council
Hans G. Hornung
Hans G. Hornung California Institute of Technology
Zheng Chen
Zheng Chen Peking University
Yue Huang
Yue Huang Xiamen University
Michael Ortiz
Michael Ortiz California Institute of Technology

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