Publications#

Citing Combustion Toolbox#

If you use the Combustion Toolbox in a publication, please cite it using the following reference:

  • Cuadra, A., Huete, C., & Vera, M. (2023). Combustion Toolbox: A MATLAB-GUI based open-source tool for solving gaseous combustion problems. (v1.0.2). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5554911.

It can be handy the BibTeX format:

@misc{combustiontoolbox,
    author = "Cuadra, A and Huete, C and Vera, M",
    title = "{Combustion Toolbox: A MATLAB-GUI based open-source tool for solving gaseous combustion problems}",
    year = 2023,
    note = "Version 1.0.2",
    doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5554911}
}

Contributions#

Here are some contributions, work-in-progress articles, and publications where the Combustion Toolbox has been used, as well as other codes that utilize this toolbox.

Journal articles#

  • Cuadra, A., Huete, C., & Vera, M. (2023). Combustion Toolbox: An open-source thermochemical code for gas- and condensed-phase problems involving chemical equilibrium (work in progress).

  • Sánchez, J., Cuadra, A., Huete, C., Vera, M. (2022). SimEx: A tool for rapid evaluation of the effects of explosions. Applied Sciences, 12(18), 9191. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12189101.

  • Huete, C., Cuadra, A., Vera, M., & Urzay, J. (2021). Thermochemical effects on hypersonic shock waves interacting with weak turbulence. Physics of Fluids 33, 086111 (2021) (featured article). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0059948

  • Cuadra, A., Huete, C., & Vera, M. (2020). Effect of equivalence ratio fluctuations on planar detonation discontinuities. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 903, A30. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.651

Other codes that use the Combustion Toolbox#

  • Sánchez, J., Cuadra, A., Huete, C., Vera, M. (2022). SimEx: A tool for rapid evaluation of the effects of explosions. Applied Sciences, 12(18), 9191. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12189101.

Conference contributions#

  • Cuadra, A., Vera, M., Di Renzo, M. & Huete, C. (2023). Linear Theory of Hypersonic Shocks Interacting with Turbulence in Air. In 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum, National Harbor, USA. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-0075

  • Cuadra, A., Huete, C., & Vera, M. (2022). Desarrollo de un código termoquímico para la evaluación de las propiedades teóricas de explosivos (CT-EXPLO) y la estimación del rendimiento de motores cohete (CT-ROCKET). In IX Congreso Nacional de I+D en Defensa y Seguridad, Pontevedra, Spain.

  • Cuadra, A., Huete, C., & Vera, M. (2022). Amplificación de la turbulencia a través de una onda de choque en régimen hipersónico. In IX Congreso Nacional de I+D en Defensa y Seguridad, Pontevedra, Spain.

  • Cuadra, A., Huete, C., & Vera, M. (2022). Combustion Toolbox: a MATLAB-GUI based open-source tool for solving combustion problems. In 12th National and 3rd International Conference on Engineering Thermodynamics (CNIT), Madrid, Spain.

  • Cuadra, A., Huete, C., & Vera, M. (2022). Theory of turbulence augmentation across hypersonic shock waves in air. In 1st Spanish Fluid Mechanics Conference (SFMC), Cádiz, Spain.

  • Cuadra, A., Huete, C., Vera, M., & Urzay, J. (2021). Theory of turbulence augmentation across hypersonic shock waves. In 74th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS DFD), Phoenix, USA.

  • Cuadra, A., Huete, C., & Vera, M. (2021). Effect of fuel mass fraction heterogeneity on the detonation propagation speed. In 25th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), Milano, Italy.

  • Cuadra, A., & Vera, M. (2019). Development and validation of a new MATLAB®/GUI based thermochemical code. In 11th International Mediterranean Combustion Symposium (MSC), Tenerife, Spain.

  • Cuadra, A., & Vera, M. (2019). Development of a GUI-based thermochemical code with teaching and research applications. In 1st Colloquium of the Spanish Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Society (STAMS), Madrid, Spain.

Seminars & Workshops#

  • Cuadra, A., Huete, C. & Vera, M. (2023). Linear analysis on shock-turbulence interaction implemented with the Combustion Toolbox. Seminar presented during the research-stay with Prof. M. Di Renzo, Lecce, Italy

  • Cuadra, A., Huete, C. & Vera, M. (2021). Development of an open-source thermochemical code: Fundamentals and application to shock turbulence interaction problems in the hypersonic regime. Seminar presented as part of the PhD Programme in Mechatronics Engineering, Málaga, Spain

PhD, MSc & BSc thesis#

  • Cuadra, A. (2023). Development of a wide-spectrum thermochemical code with application to planar reacting and non-reacting shocks. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain (PhD thesis - work in progress). Advisors: Marcos Vera & César Huete.

  • Aguilar, C. (2022). CT-ROCKET: A MATLAB-GUI based thermochemical code to estimate rocket propellant performance. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain (BSc thesis). Advisor: Alberto Cuadra.

  • Cuadra, A. (2019). Development of a GUI-based thermochemical code with teaching and research applications. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain (MSc thesis). Advisor: Marcos Vera.