Detonation waves via molecular dynamics simulations of reactive hard disks

TL;DR

This paper presents molecular dynamics simulations of reactive hard disks to study detonation waves at the microscopic level, utilizing an event-driven algorithm to visualize and analyze the phenomena.

Contribution

It introduces a simple event-driven simulation method for reactive hard disks, enabling detailed microscopic study of detonation waves.

Findings

Successful visualization of detonation waves in reactive hard disks

Demonstration of the effectiveness of event-driven algorithms for reactive media

Insights into microscopic dynamics of detonations

Abstract

Videos of the molecular dynamics simulations of a colliding hard disk reactive medium. A simple event-driven algorithm is used to simulate these colliding hard disks allowing for the study of detonations at the microscopic level. This video was submitted as party of the Gallery of Fluid Motion for the American Physical Society 63rd Annual DFD Meeting.