Ferrante, AntoninoMcMahon, Sean Logan2014-10-132014-10-132014McMahon_washington_0250O_12401.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/26379Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2014The purpose of this thesis was to develop a code that could be used to develop a better understanding of the physics of detonation waves. First, a detonation was simulated in one dimension using ZND theory. Then, using the 1D solution as an initial condition, a detonation was simulated in two dimensions using a weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme on an adaptive mesh with the smallest lengthscales being equal to 2-3 flamelet lengths. The code development in linking Chemkin for chemical kinetics to the adaptive mesh refinement flow solver was completed. The detonation evolved in a way that, qualitatively, matched the experimental observations, however, the simulation was unable to progress past the formation of the triple point.application/pdfen-USCopyright is held by the individual authors.Aerospace engineeringaeronautics and astronauticsThesis