Pierre VIDAL

Chargé de Recherche Hors Classe - CNRS / HDR
pierre.vidal@ensma.fr

Institut Pprime – UPR 3346 CNRS
ENSMA
1, avenue Clément Ader
BP 40109
86961 Futuroscope-Chasseneuil
France

Equipe de recherche

Research team

Detonation – Deflagration – Explosion – Shock
Fluids, Thermal sciences and Combustion Department

+33 5 49 49 81 71
pierre.vidal@ensma.fr

https://pprime.fr/vidal-pierre/ 
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Biographie


Experience

  • 1990-Present: CNRS Researcher, FRA
  • 1990:  Postdoct, Laboratoire de Combustion et de Détonique (LCD), UPR9028 CNRS, FRA
  • 1986-1990:  PhD period, LCD, UPR9028 CNRS, FRA
  • 1987-1989 National Service, trainee corporate, SRI International, Physical Sciences Division, Menlo Park, CA, USA (M. Cowperthwaite, adv.)

Education

  • 2000:  Accreditation degree to supervise research (HDR, Fluid dynamics) Université de Poitiers, FRA
  • 1990: PhD University of Poitiers, Energetics Specialty, HH: Conditions for detonation quenching in liquid mixtures based on nitric acid (Contribution à l’étude des conditions d’extinction de la détonation dans des mélanges liquides à base d’acide nitrique), Doctoral dissertation, ENSMA & University of Poitiers (Presles H.-N. Adv.)
  • 1986: – Aerodynamics, Combustion and Thermal Science Diploma, University of Poitiers
              – Engineering degree with Energetics and Combustion Specialty, ENSMA

Recherche


Research

  • Dynamics and thermodynamics of discontinuities
  • Shock and detonation dynamics in homogeneous explosives, structure, initiation, propagation and failure mechanisms
  • Compressible fluid flows, reactive or inert
  • Constitutive relations for homogeneous materials at high temperature and pressure
  • Physical modelling
  • Design and interpretation of fundamental experiments

Awards (as a PhD advisor)

Results

  • A representative width for three-dimensional detonation cells based on graph theory and geometric probabilities (with V. Monnier, V. Rodriguez, and R. Zitoun), https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.02803, https://hal.science/hal-04056649
  • Experimental features of three-dimensional behaviours of detonation cells (with V. Monnier, V. Rodriguez, and R. Zitoun) https://images.cnrs.fr/photo/20250041_0002
  • Theorem of joint invariance for the velocity and specific entropy of the Chapman-Jouguet detonation (with R. Zitoun, 2020), Update of May 22 2024 available as v6 on arXiv from https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.12533, and as v5 on HAL at https://hal.science/hal-02917535v5/document
  • Experimental evidence of detonability increase by plasma preconditioning (with S. Starikovskaia and M. Ali Cherif, Lab. de Physique des plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique)
  • Experimental evidence and modelling of a semi-confined overdriven detonation regime in a curved chamber (with R. Zitoun and V. Rodriguez)
  • Experimental improvement of the rotating regime of detonation by modification of the inner geometry of the chamber (with R. Zitoun and S. Hansmetzger)
  • Experimental evidence and modelling of propagation, extinction and re-ignition of detonations on non-uniform initial states, with monotonic or non-monotonic equivalence ratio (with R. Zitoun and S. Boulal)
  • Sensitivity analysis of numerical simulations of detonation in liquid explosives to the hypotheses of closure of the balance laws and of construction of the constitutive relations
  • Numerical suggestion of incomplete low-speed regimes of curved detonations in thermonuclear explosions of type Ia Supernovae (with Y. Busegnies, M. Arnould A. El Messoudi, Inst. d’Astronomie et d’Astrophysique, Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  • Modelling of dynamic conditions for the existence of autonomous detonation, plane or curved, in a gas, including variations of initial temperature and composition
  • The Cauchy problem for hydrodynamic discontinuities: sufficient and necessary conditions for detonation ignitions and quenching, including non-uniform initial states
  • Numerical evidence of double-step chemical transformations in reactive mixtures diluted by a heavy inert gas based on ZND detailed chemical kinetics calculations
  • Identification of the plausible physicochemical mechanism at the origin of the explosion in the Toulouse AZF factory in 2001 (with HN Presles)

PhD and HDR supervisions since 2014 

  • (tbh) 2026 (PhD) Vilasi L, Detonation initiation and propagation in fuels vaporized in air
  • 2026 (PhD) Bard E, Internal aerodynamics for rotating detonation chambers
  • 2026 (PhD) Fessard T, Conditions of ignition and propagation of detonation in Gaseous Ethanol-Oxygen or Ethanol-Air Mixtures
  • 2025 (PhD) Lafaurie V, Pulsed plasma approach for mild or strong ignition of a detonation wave using gradient of atomic species (joint supervision with S Starikovskaia (LPP)
  • 2024 (PhD) Hellard P, Injection for rotating detonation chambers.
    Best Thesis Award, ONERA, 2024
  • 2024 (HDR) Rodriguez V Experimental studies on detonations in gases: local and global dynamics, Université de Poitiers14/10/2024
  • 2023 (PhD) Monnier V, Three-dimensonal aspects of the cellular detonation: experimental observations, and a model.
    Best Thesis Award, University of Poitiers, 2023
  • 2021 (PhD) Ali Cherif M, Study of non-equilibrium plasma and detonation interaction: reduction of cell width and transition length (joint supervision with S Starikovskaia (LPP)
  • 2018 (PhD) Hansmetzger S, Study of continuous rotation modes of a detonation in an annular chamber with constant or increasing cross-section
  • 2017 (PhD) Boulal S, Dynamical behaviors of detonation in non-uniform gas compositions

PhD and HDR jury memberships

  • 2026 Chatelain K (HDR), Characterization of reactive systems relevant to the energy transition, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, prévue le 17/04/2026 (Referee)
  • 2024 Zangene F, Study of the detonation cell dynamics at the sub-cell and macro scales, University of Ottawa, 03/12/2024 (Referee)
  • 2023 Hernandez-Sanchez R, Revisiting initiation mechanisms of gaseous detonations: Theoretical and numerical studies of one-dimensional models, Aix-Marseille-Université, 11/072023 (Referee)
  • 2017 Gaillard T, Numerical study of the operation of a rotating detonation engine, University of Paris Saclay, 23/03/2017 (Referee)
  • 2017 Ridoux J, Contribution to the development of a fast calculation method for blast wave propagation in the presence of obstacles, University Pierre et Marie Curie, 04/10/2017 (Referee)
  • 2013 Charignon C, Deflagration-to-DetonationTransition in thermonuclear supernovae, University of Paris-Sud, 24/09/2013 (Referee)
  • 2007 Guilly V, Study of the diffraction of detonation in stoichiometric C₂H₂-O₂ mixtures diluted with Argon, University of Poitiers, 25/01/2007 (Examiner)
  • 2002 Chinnayya A, Construction of models and numerical methods for multiphase flows with compressible phases, University of Aix-Marseille I, 12/12/2002 (Referee)
  • 2001 Daou R, Etude linéaire de la stabilité des détonations dans les gaz, Université d’Aix-Marseille I, 18/07/2001 (Examiner)
  • 1999 Ingignoli W, Study of the formation and the propagation of detonations in suspensions of aluminium particles in oxidizing or reactive atmospheres, University of Poitiers, 21/06/1999 (Examiner)

Enseignement


Teaching

  • Since 2015 Course: Thermo-chemistry, shock, detonation and explosion, SIAE, Tianjin, 20h/year, ~ 20 students
  • Since 1994 Course: Shocks and detonations in gases, ENSTA Bretagne, 15h/year, ~ 20 students
  • 2009-2014 Course: Detonation and propulsion, GEA Summer Program (GEA, French Group of Aeronautic Schools), ENSMA, 3h/year, ~ 20 students,
  • 2011-2012 Course: Combustion, IUT of Poitiers, GTE Dpt., 10h/year, ~ 80 students
  • 2002-2011 Course: Combustion and Detonation, ENSIP, 25h/ year, ~ 25 students
  • 2009 Course: Detonation and propulsion, Institut Technologique d’Aéronautique, São José dos Campos, Brésil, 20h,  ~20 students
  • 2002-2005 Course: Detonation dynamics, Master FAE, 15h/ year, ~ 15 students
  • 1995-2004 Course: Detonation phenomenology and applications, DEA-ACTA, UV16c, 15h/year
  • 1994-1999 Course: Shocks and detonations in gases, ENSMA, 15h/ year
  • 1993-1996 Course: Chemical kinetics and detonation dynamics, ENSMA, 8h/ year
  • 1991-1995 Practical work: Experimental detonation physics, ENSIP, 32 h/ year, ~10 students
  • 1990 Practical work: Detonation and deflagration in gases, ENSMA, 48 h, ~15 students

Activités administratives


Services

Administration

  • 2025 QS evaluation, Nagoya University
  • 2021 Technical and Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committees, ENSMA
  • 2019 Evaluations, CEA-DAM
  • 2017 Participation in the organization of the 7th IWDP
  • 2011-2014 Council of the Institut Pprime, UPR3346 CNRS
  • 2009 Foundation Committee of the Institut Pprime
  • 2006-2008 National Council of the Universities (CNU, Sect. 62, Energetics and Process Engineering, Order 21/02/2006, JO 14/03/2006, text 38/93, NOR MENP0600620
  • 2003-2006 Head of the option « Combustion » for the Mastere Fluids, Acoustics and Energy of the University of Poitiers
  • 1991-2006 Recruitment evaluations, University of Poitiers (Section 62, Energetics and Process Engineering)
  • 1993-2003 Laboratory Council of LCD
  • 1995-1998 Scientific Council of ENSMA

Organizations

  • 2023 Co-organization, Workshop #1: Recent advances in flame acceleration, detonation onset & detonation propagation, 11th ECM (Rouen)
  • 2019 Program Commitee, 19th ICDERS (Beijing)
  • 2014 Organization Commitee of the 10th ISICP
  • 2007 Organization Commitee of the 21st ICDERS
  • 2004 Organizer: 9th Ecole de Combustion du CNRS and a workshop on Combustion and Supernovae

Reviews since ~10 years

  • Journals ~ 130 : Combust. and Flame; J. Fluid Mech.; Shock Waves, Flow, Turb. and Combust.; Combust. Sci. and Techno.; Int. J. of Spray and Combust. Dyn.; Comp. and Fluids; Phys. of Fluids; Fuel, J. Propuls. and Power; Surf. Coating Technol.; MDPI; STEM Educ.; Energies; Applic. in Energ. and Comb. Sci.; ICDERS; Int. Symp. Combust.; AIAA
  • Conferences and workshops ~ 60: ICDERS, Symp. (Int.) Comb., AIAA.
  • 1 project for the French National Research Agency (ANR),,
  • 2 projects for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC, 2023, 2025)
  • 9 theses: F. Zangene 2024 (Ottawa), R. Hernandez-Sanchez 2023 (Marseille) T. Gaillard 2017 (Paris), J. Ridoux 2017 (Paris), C. Charignon 2013 (Paris), V. Guilly 2007 (Poitiers) , R. Daou 2001 (Marseille), W. Ingignoli 1999 (Poitiers), A. Chinnayya 2002 (Marseille)
  • 1 HDR: K. Chatelain 2026 (IP Paris)

Sélection de publications


Publications

Journals

  1. Vidal P, Zitoun R, A Velocity-Entropy invariance theorem for the Chapman-Jouguet detonation, 2020 Under revision for Combustion and Flame (available as v6 on arXiv at https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.12533, and as v5 on HAL at https://hal.science/hal-02917535v5/document
  2. Lafaurie V, Shu Z, Zhang B, Terentjeviene M, Billeau JB, Orel I, Hoyos-Aristizabal S, Vidal P, Starikovskaia SM, Formation of gradients of atomic oxygen in nanosecond plasma for plasma-assisted detonation: experimental and numerical study, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 35(2) (2026), 10.1088/1361-6595/ae3f53
  3. Monnier V, Vilasi L, Rodriguez V, Vidal P. Zitoun R, Effects of the channel cross-section shape on detonation re-initiation downstream of a single-hole obstacle, Shock Wave, 35, 609-620 (2025), 10.1007/s00193-025-01246-0
  4. Monnier V, Rodriguez V, Vidal P. Zitoun R, Three-dimensional dynamics of detonation cells in expanding channels: experimental analysis of the cross-sectional shape and a Detonation-Shock Dynamics interpretation, Experiments in Fluids, 65, 154 (2024), 10.1007/s00348-024-03893-y
  5. Ali Cherif M, Claverie A, Starikovskaia SM, Vidal P, Plasma-enhanced detonability: experimental and calculated reduction of the detonation cell size, Combustion and Flame, 2024, 10.1016/j.combustflame.2024.113639
  6. Hellard P, Gaillard T, Davidenko D, Berterretche P, Zitoun R, Vidal P, Quasi-CJ rotating detonation with partially premixed methane-oxygen injection: numerical simulation and experimental validation, Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 2024, 10.1016/j.jaecs.2024.100278
  7. Lafaurie V, Shu Z, Vidal P, Starikovskaia S, Gradient pulsed transient plasma for initiation of detonation, Combustion and Flame 2024, 10.1016/j.combustflame.2024.113311
  8. Hellard P, Berterretche P, Gaillard T, Davidenko D, Zitoun R, Vidal P, Enhancing rotating detonation using partially premixed injection: experimental and numerical study, 2024, submitted to the 40th Int. Symposium on Combustion
  9. Monnier V, Vidal P, Rodriguez V, Zitoun R, From graph theory and geometric probabilities to a representative width for three-dimensional detonation cells, Combustion and Flame, 256, 2023, 10.1016/j.combustflame.2023.112996
  10. Rodriguez V, Melguizo-Gavilanes J, Monnier V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Steady rotation of a Mach shock: experimental evidence and numerical simulation, Experiments in Fluids, 64, 2023, 10.1007/s00348-023-03612-z
  11. Le Naour B, Davidenko D, Gaillard T, Vidal P, Rotating detonation combustors for propulsion: some fundamental, numerical and experimental aspects, Frontiers, 2, 2023, 10.3389/fpace.2023.1152429
  12. Monnier V, Rodriguez V, Vidal P. Zitoun R, An analysis of three-dimensional patterns of experimental detonation cells, Combustion and Flame, 245, 2022, 10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112310
  13. Rodriguez V, Monnier V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Non-dimensionalized distances and limits for transition of deflagration to detonation, Shock Waves, 32, 417-425, 2022, 10.1007/s00193-022-01088-0
  14. Melguizo-Gavilanes J, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Dynamics of detonation transmission and propagation in a curved chamber: a numerical and experimental analysis, Combustion and Flame, 223, 460-473, 2021, 10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.09.032
  15. Ali Cherif M, Shcherbanev S, Starikovskaia SM, Vidal P, Effect of non-equilibrium plasma on decreasing the detonation cell size, Combustion and Flame, 217, 1-3, 2020, 10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.03.014
  16. Rodriguez V, Jourdain C, Vidal P, Zitoun R, An experimental evidence of semi-confined, steadily-rotating, overdriven detonation, Combustion and Flame, 202, 132-142, 2019, 10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.01.016
  17. Hansmetzger S, Zitoun R, Vidal P, A study of continuous rotation modes of detonation in an annular chamber with constant or increasing section, Shock Waves, 28(5), 1065-1078, 2018, 10.1007/s00193-018-0846-9
  18. Boulal S, Vidal P, Zitoun R Matsumoto T, Matsuo A, Experimental investigation of detonation dynamics through a reactivity sink, Combustion and Flame, 196, 11-25, 2018, 10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.05.017
  19. Boulal S, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Experimental investigation of detonation quenching in non-uniform compositions, Combustion and Flame, 172, 222-233, 2016, 10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.07.022
  20. Boulal S, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Luche J, The sensitivity of chemical kinetics with two characteristic lengths of detonation dynamics in homogeneous gases, Int. J. Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion, 14(6), 499-517, 2015, 10.1615/IntJEnergeticMaterialsChemProp.2015011224
  21. Vidal P, Bouton E, Pagnanini L, Modelling detonation in liquid explosives: the effects of the inter-component transfer hypothesis on the chemical lengths and the critical radius, Combustion and Flame, 159, 396-408, 2012, 10.1016/j.combustflame.2011.06.021
  22. Vidal P, Critical slow dynamics of detonation in a gas with non-uniform initial temperature and composition: a large activation-energy analysis, International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics (IJSCD), 1(2), 435-471, 2009, 10.1260/175682709789685822
  23. Presles HN, Vidal P, Khasainov B, Experimental study of the detonation of technical grade ammonium nitrate, CR Mécanique, 337, 755-760, 2009
  24. El Messoudi A, Vidal P, Busegnies Y, Low-velocity regimes of thermonuclear detonations in Type-Ia supernovae, CR mécanique, 335, 768-774, 2007
  25. Vasilev AA, Trotsyuk,AV, Fomin PA, Vasiliev VA, Rychkov VN, Desbordes D, Khasainov B; Presles HN, Vidal P, Demontis P, Priault C, Basic results on reinitiation processes in diffracting multifront detonations, Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal, 5(4), 279-289, 2003
  26. Khasainov BA, Presles HN, Desbordes D, de Montis P, Vidal P, Detonation diffraction from circular tubes to cones, Shock Waves 14, 187-192, 2005
  27. Vidal P, Khasainov BA, On the shock-induced explosion resulting from an impact by a planar detonation, Shock Waves, 12, 309-323, 2003
  28. Vidal P, Khasainov BA, Condition for explosion by detonation impact, Comptes rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, Paris, Serie IIB, 328(7), 531-539, 2000
  29. Vidal P, Khasainov BA, Analysis of critical dynamics for shock-induced adiabatic explosions by means of the Cauchy problem for the shock transformation, Shock Waves, 9, 273-290, 1999
  30. Vidal P, Joulin G, Khasainov BA, Condition for explosion triggered by a shock resulting from the expansion of a compressible medium, Comptes rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, Serie IIB, 327(5), 467-470, 199
  31. Vidal P, Khasainov BA, A necessary condition for adiabatic explosion behind a shock of arbitrary dynamics, Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, Série IIB, 327(1), 95-102, 1999
  32. Bouton E, Khasainov BA, Presles HN, Vidal P, Ermolaev BS, Sensitization of two-dimensional detonation in nitromethane by glass micro balloons, Shock Waves, 9, 141-147, 1999
  33. Joulin G, Vidal P, An introduction to the instabilities of flames, shocks and detonations, in Hydrodynamics and nonlinear instabilities, (Godrèche and Manneville, Eds), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-45503-0, Chapt. 5, 493–673, 1998
  34. Khasainov BA, Ermolaev BS, Presles HN, Vidal P, On the effect of grain size on shock sensitivity of heterogeneous high explosives, Shock Waves, 7(2), 89-105, 1997
  35. Vidal P, Bouton E, Presles HN, Some features of the curvature of a two-dimensional detonation shock front at a simple refraction locus, Journal de Physique, 5, 49-56, 1995
  36. Presles HN, Vidal P, Detonation generation and propagation in homogeneous liquid explosives, Journal de Physique, 5, 143-152, 1995
  37. Presles HN, Vidal P, Gois C, Khasainov BA, Ermolaev BS, Influence of glass micro balloon size on the detonation of nitromethane-based mixtures, Shock Waves, 4(6), 325-329, 1995
  38. Gustin JL, Vidal P, Secondary reactions and detonation hazards in the production of adipic acid, Thermochemica Acta, 225, 223-238, 1993
  39. Vidal P, Presles HN, Gustin JL, Calzia J, Detonation failure diameters and detonation velocities of the system Nitric acid, Acetic acid and Water, Journal of Energetic Materials, 11, 135-153, 1993
  40. Vidal P, Cowperthwaite M, Presles HN, Fontaine D, Non-uniqueness of the relationship between the curvature and the velocity of the shock front of the detonation wave, Comptes rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, Serie II, 316 (2), 177-180, 1993
  41. Vidal P, Cowperthwaite M, Presles HN, Fontaine D, On the curvature of a 2-dimensional detonation-wave at an explosive-confinement interface, Comptes rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, Serie II, 315(7), 791-794, 1992
  42. Vidal P, Presles HN, Detonability limits of the system nitric-acid, acetic-acid and water, Comptes rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, Serie II, 313(12), 1383-1386, 1991

     

    Colloquia

    1. Vidal P, Zitoun R, News from the Chapman-Jouguet detonation front: A Velocity-Entropy Invariance theorem, presentation #172, ICDERS (2025, Ottawa)
    2. Monnier V, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Experimental and Detonation-Shock Dynamics analyses of cellular detonations in diverging channels: the effects of the cross-sectional shape, presentation #53, ICDERS (2025, Ottawa)
    3. Lafaurie V, Starikovskaia S, Vidal P, Deflagration-to-detonation transition in a gradient of atomic species formed by pulsed nanosecond plasma, presentation #219, ICDERS (2025, Ottawa)
    4. Vilasi L, Le Naour B, Vidal P, Rodriguez V, An experimental study of cellular detonations in gaseous dodecane/air mixtures, presentation #74, ICDERS (2025, Ottawa)
    5. Shirvani B, Ni Z, Veiga-Lopez F, Maxwell B, Mevel R, Luche J, Vidal P, Effect of Flow Divergence on the Structure of Detonation in Rich H₂-NO₂/N₂O₄ Mixtures, presentation #229, ICDERS (2025, Ottawa)
    6. Watanabe H., Chinnayya A., Vidal P., A Shock Dynamic Approach for analyzing two-dimensional numerical detonation cells in gases, poster #304, ICDERS (2025, Ottawa)
    7. Monnier V, Vidal P, Rodriguez V, Zitoun R, From graph theory and geometric probabilities to a representative width for three-dimensional detonation cells, presentation #8, ICDERS (2023, Seoul)
    8. Monnier V, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R,Three-dimensional dynamics of detonation diffraction: effects of the tube cross-section shape, presentation #59, ICDERS (2023, Seoul)
    9. Monnier V., Rodriguez V., Vidal P., Zitoun R., Three–dimensional detonation cells and transient dynamics: experimental results, and a predictive model, 11th European Combustion Meeting (2023, Rouen)
    10. Hellard P., Gaillard T., Davidenko D., Zitoun R. Vidal P., Numerical investigation of the effects of friction and heat transfer on non-premixed Rotating Detonation Combustor operation, 11th European Combustion Meeting (2023, Rouen)
    11. Monnier V., Rodriguez V., Vidal P., Zitoun R., Experimental analysis of cellular detonations: a discussion on regularity and three-dimensional patterns, 28th ICDERS (2022, Naples)
    12. Ali Cherif M., Lafaurie V., Claverie A., Starikovskaia S., Vidal P., Detonability enhancement by use of a nanosecond plasma, 28th ICDERS (2022, Naples)
    13. Rodriguez V., Monnier V. Vidal P., Zitoun R., On the possibility of non-dimensionalizing DDT limits and distances, 28th ICDERS (2022, Naples)
    14. Taileb S., Rougon, E., Robin, V., Rodriguez V., Vidal P., Lau-Chapdelaine S.-M., Melguizo-Gavilanes J., Chinnayya A., A three-step, three-gamma model for the numerical modelling of the critical height of the propagation of semi-confined detonation waves, 28th ICDERS (2022, Naples)
    15. Monnier V., Rodriguez V., Vidal P., Zitoun R., On the relevance of detonation cell regularity and width, Abstract accepted for the 13th ICPCD, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 18-21 April 2022 (*)
    16. Rodriguez V., Monnier V., Vidal P., Zitoun R., On non-dimensionalized DDT distances and limits, Abstract accepted for the 13th ICPCD, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 18-21 April 2022 (*)
    17. Ali Cherif M., Lafaurie V., Claverie A., Starikovskaia S., Vidal P., Nanosecond plasmas for detonability enhancement, Abstract accepted for the 13th ICPCD, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 18-21 April 2022 (*)
      (*) Participations and commitments cancelled due to adverse global context
    18. Ali Cherif M, Catoire L, Vidal P., Starikovskaia S, Parametric study of a moderate pressure nanosecond discharge to reduce detonation cell width, AIAA Scitech 2021 (https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-1789)
    19. Ali Cherif M., Claverie A., Vidal P., Starikovskaia S., Enhancement of the detonability of hydrogen-oxygen mixture by use of nanosecond plasmas, APS Annual Gaseous Electronics Meeting Abstracts, 2021 (GT54. 004)
    20. Ali Cherif M, Shcherbanev S, Vidal P., Claverie A, Starikovskaia S, Influence of moderate pressure nanosecond discharge on the structure of detonation wave, AIAA Scitech, Orlando 2020, (https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-1894)
    21. Ali Cherif M, Vidal P, Starikovskaia S, Analysis of homogenous nanosecond discharge at moderate pressure: dissociation of oxygen for plasma assisted detonation, 24th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry (ISPC 24) 2019
    22. Jourdain C., Melguizo-Guavilanes J., Rodriguez V., Vidal P., Zitoun R., Detonation dynamics in a curved chamber for an argon diluted hydrogen-oxygen mixture, 8th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety, Adelaïde, 2019
    23. Jourdain C, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Steadily-rotating overdriven detonation: experiments vs. GSD modelling, 27th ICDERS, Beijing, 2019
    24. Zitoun R, Vidal P, Hansmetzger S, Continuous rotating detonation in annular chambers: pressure, velocity and stability (Poster) 11th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Tenerife, 2019
    25. Jourdain C, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Progress in understanding Detonation Modes for Rotating Detonation Engine application, AIAA Meeting, Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, San Diego, 2019
    26. Zitoun R., Vidal P., Boulal S., Hanstmetzger S., Rodriguez V., and Jourdain C. Previous and ongoing detonation studies applied to propulsion in Poitiers, 11th ICPCD, St Petersburg, 2018
    27. Jourdain C, Rodriguez V, Zitoun R, Vidal P, Steadily-rotating, semi-confined detonations: an experimental study, 11th ICPCD, St Petersburg, 2018
    28. Jourdain C, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Overdriven, steadily-rotating, semi-confined detonation: schlieren, direct-light and chemo-luminescence characterizations, Work-in-Progress, Poster Session, 37th International Symposium on Combustion, Dublin, 2018
    29. Hansmetzger S, Zitoun R, Vidal P, Instabilities and efficiencies of continuous rotating detonation in annular chambers with constant or linearly-increasing section, Work-in-Progress, Poster Session, 37th International Symposium on Combustion, Dublin, 2018
    30. Boulal S, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Matsumoto T, Matsuo A, Experimental investigation of detonation quenching and re-initiation in non-uniform compositions , 26th ICDERS, Boston, 2017
    31. Hansmetzger S, Zitoun R, Vidal P, Detonation regimes in a small-scale RDE, 26th ICDERS, Boston, 2017
    32. Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Experimental observations of semi-confined steadily-rotating detonations, 26th ICDERS, Boston, 2017
    33. Hansmetzger S, Zitoun R, Vidal P, Detonation propagation in annular chamber, in Progress in Detonation Physics, 268-275, 2016
    34. Boulal S, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Luche J, On the sensitivity to chemical kinetics of two characteristic lengths of detonation dynamics in homogeneous gases, 10th ISICP, Poitiers, 2014
    35. Presles HN, Khasainov BA, Vidal P, Montassier V, Ermolaev BA, Sulimov AA, Phenomenological description of the spontaneous detonation mechanism in moistened ammonium nitrate–sodium dichloroisocyanurate mixture, 15th International Detonation Symposium, 2014
    36. Cheng G, Zitoun R, Sarrazin, Bauer P, Vidal P, A study on the mechanism of flame acceleration High-speed camera visualizations of flame acceleration of H2/C3H8-Air fuels in an obstructed square channel, 24th ICDERS, Taipei, 2013
    37. Cheng G, Zitoun R, Sarrazin Y, Claverie A, Vidal P, Veyssiere B, Bauer P, High-speed camera visualizations of flame acceleration in a square channel with obstacles: the case of H2/C3H8-Air binary fuels, 23rd ICDERS, Irvine, 2011
    38. Vidal P, Slow propagation dynamics of detonation in a non-uniform gas: a large activation-energy analysis, 22nd ICDERS, Minsk, 2009
    39. El Messoudi A, Vidal P, Busegnies Y, Low-velocity thermonuclear curved detonations in Type Ia supernovae with a detailed nuclear network, 22nd ICDERS, Minsk, 2009
    40. Ermolaev BS, Khasainov BA, Presles HN, Vidal P, A Simple Approach for Modelling Reaction Rates in Shocked Multi-Component Solid Explosives, European Combustion Meeting, Louvain-la-Neuve, http://www.cstr.ucl.ac.be/ECM2005/Program.htm, April 3-6, 2005
    41. Ermolaev BS, Khasainov BA, Presles HN, Vidal P, Low-Velocity Detonation in Ammonium Nitrate and its Mixtures, 13th Symposium on Combustion and Explosions, http://orel3.rsl.ru/nettext/russian/gor_i_vsr/index.htm, Chernogolovka, 7-11 February 2005
    42. Guilly V, Khasainov B, Presles HN, Desbordes D, Vidal P, Numerical study of detonation cells under non-monotonic heat release, 20th ICDERS, Montreal 2005
    43. Khasainov BA, Ermolaev BS, Presles HN, Vidal P, Numerical modeling of non-ideal detonations in aluminized explosives, 12th International Detonation Symposium, San Diego, 2002
    44. Vidal P, Khasainov BA, Condition for explosion by impact of a planar self-sustained detonation, 18th ICDERS, Seattle, 2001
    45. Bouton E, Vidal P, Presles H-N, Khasainov BA, Ermolaev BS, On the shock sensitivity reversal effect: the case of Nitromethane sensitized by glass micro balloons,17th ICDERS, Heidelberg, 1999
    46. Vidal P, Khasainov BA, Initiation of adiabatic explosion by accelerated curved shocks: a theoretical and numerical study, in Gaseous and Heterogeneous Detonations: Science to Applications (ISBN 5-89055-016-0, ENAS Publ., Moscow), 39-50, 1999
    47. Bouton E, Presles H-N, Vidal P, Khasainov BA, Ermolaev BS, Effect of glass micro balloons on two-dimensional steady properties of nitromethane, 16th ICDERS, Krakow, 1997
    48. Bouton E, Vidal P, Khasainov BA, Presles H-N, Calculation of plane and curved detonation properties in condensed explosives Part I: homogeneous explosives, Proceedings of the 11th Symp. Int. on Combustion and Explosives, Chernogolovka, 1996
    49. Bouton E, Vidal P, Khasainov BA, Presles H-N, Calculation of plane and curved detonation properties in condensed explosives Part II: heterogeneous explosives, 11th Symp. Int. on Combustion and Explosives, Chernogolovka, 1996
    50. Gamezo VN, Vidal P, Oran ES, Calculations of averaged reaction zone structure properties of cellular detonation waves in gaseous explosives, 11th Symp. Int. on Combustion and Explosives, Chernogolovka, 1996
    51. Khasainov BA, Ermolaev BS, Presles HN, Vidal P, Bouton E, Correlations between shock-sensitivity characteristics and specific surface area of condensed heterogeneous explosives, 11th Symp. Int. on Combustion and Explosives, Chernogolovka, 1996
    52. Presles HN, Brisset D, Vidal P, Bouton E, Gamezo VN, Etude du diamètre critique et détermination de la cinétique chimique des mélanges Nitromethane-Acide Nitrique, IVth Symposium International sur les hautes pressions dynamiques, Saint Malo, 187-192, 1995
    53. Vidal P, Bouton E, Presles HN, Theoretical analysis of a particular boundary condition for a curved two-dimensional lead detonation front, Proceedings of the Zel’dovich Memorial, Int. Conference on Combustion, Detonation and Shock waves, The Combustion Institute, Moscow, 413-416, 1994
    54. Vidal P, Cowperthwaite M, Presles HN, Bouton E, A study of the curvature of a two-dimensional detonation wave at an explosive-confinement interface, in High-Pressure Science and Technology, Schmidt SC, Shaner JW, Samara GA and Ross M, Eds., American Institute of Physics, 1353-1356, Colorado Springs, 1994
    55. Gois C, Presles HN, Vidal P, Effect of hollow heterogeneities on nitromethane detonation, in Dynamic Aspects of Detonation, (Kuhl AL, Leyer JC, Borissov AA and Sirignano WA, Eds), Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, AIAA Inc, 153, 432-470, 1993, 14th ICDERS, Coimbra, 1993)
    56. Gustin JL, Vidal P, The hazards of processing nitric solutions of organic diacids: experimental investigation of the slow reaction-deflagration-detonation, Proceedings of the 7th Int. Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Industry, SRP Partners, 3, 124-1,124-25, 1992
    57. Cowperthwaite M, Vidal P, Shock-change equations for classical two-dimensional detonation, in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, (Schmidt SC, Johnson JN and Davison LW, Eds), Elsevier Science Publishers BV, 255-258, 1990
    58. Bauer P, Vidal P, Manson N, Heuzé O, Applicability of the inverse method to the determination of CJ parameters for gaseous mixtures at elevated pressures, in Dynamics of Explosions, (Kuhl AL, Bowen JR, Leyer JC and Borissov AA, Eds), Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, AIAA Inc, 114, 64-76, 1988 (11th ICDERS, Warsaw, 1987)
    59. Heuzé O, Bauer P, Presles H-N, Vidal P, Application des calculs d’équilibres thermochimiques aux problèmes liés à la sécurité des procédés dans l’industrie chimique, 1st Congrès National de Génies des Procédés, Nancy, 1987

    Specialists & Workshops

    1. Davidenko D, Gaillard T, Pierre Hellard P, Vidal P, Ratiba Zitoun R, Berterretche P,
      Numerical and Experimental Studies on Rotating Detonation Engines in
      ONERA-Pprime Collaboration, HiSST (4th International Conference on High-Speed Vehicle Science Technology), Best paper award.
    2. Lafaurie V., Shu Z., Sadauskaite M., Vidal P., Starikovskaia S.M., Nanosecond plasmas generation of a chemical gradient for detonation initiation: O-TALIF and OES characterisation, ESCAMPIG XXVI (2024, Brno)
    3. Lafaurie V., Shu Z., Sadauskaite M., Vidal P., Starikovskaia S.M., Transient gradient pulsed nanosecond plasmas for the initiation of a detonation wave: plasma characterisation with OES and O-TALIF, FLTPD XV (2024, Prague)
    4. Hellard P., Gaillard T., Davidenko D., Zitoun R. Vidal P., Quasi-CJ rotating detonation using partially premixed injection : experimental and numerical proof of concep (2024, IWDP, Ann Arbor)
    5. Bard E., Armbruster W., Rheindorf K., Bee A., Börner M., General S., Hardi J.S., Davidenko D., Boulal S., Vidal P., Experimental study of a subscale rotating detonation chamber fed with GH2/GO2, Space Propulsion Conference (2024, Glasgow)
    6. Monnier V, Vidal P, Rodriguez V, Zitoun R, Can statistics benefit detonation dynamics? Cell widths from graph theory and geometric probabilities, Workshop #1: Recent advances in flame acceleration, detonation onset & detonation propagation, 11th European Combustion Meeting, Rouen, April 203
    7. Zitoun R, Vidal P, Rodriguez V. Melguizo-Gavilanes J., A review of detonation studies applied to propulsion at Institute Pprime, Special International Workshop on Detonation for Propulsion (IWDP), Warsaw, October 2020
    8. Zitoun R, Vidal P, Rodriguez V, Hansmetzger S, Rotating detonation regimes in annular and hollow chambers: experimental observations, 9th IWDP, Saint-Petersburg, 2019
    9. Zitoun R, Vidal P, Hansmetzger S.: Continuous rotating detonation instabilities in annular chamber: experimental observations, 8th IWDP, Xi’an, December 2018
    10. Zitoun R, Vidal P, Rodriguez V, Melguizo-Gavilanes J, Detonation studies applied to propulsion, AIAA Propulsion and Energy forum (virtual) 9-11 August 2021
    11. Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Jourdain C, Experimental evidence of semi-confined, steadily-rotating overdriven detonation, 7th IWDP, Poitiers, December 6-8, 2017
    12. Zitoun R, Vidal P, Hansmetzger S, RDE activities and projects at Pprime Institute, 7th IWDP, Poitiers, December 6-8, 2017
    13. Vidal P, Zitoun R, Chinnayya A, Rodriguez V, Virot F, Dynamics of semi-confined detonations: experimental and numerical works at Pprime, 1st International Constant Volume and Detonation Combustion Workshop (ICVDCW), Poitiers, June 13th, 2017
    14. Zitoun R, Vidal P, Hansmetzger S, Small-scale RDE, 1st ICVDCW, Poitiers, June 13th, 2017
    15. Vidal P, Zitoun R, Boulal S, Gineste F, Hansmetzger S, Recent experimental efforts at Pprime on detonation dynamics in gases for application to propulsion : 3 works in progress, 6th IWDP, Singapore, July 12-15, 2016
    16. Zitoun R, Cheng G, Sarrazin Y, Vidal P, High-speed camera visualisations of flame acceleration in Deflagration-to-Detonation processes: effect of obstacles, 2nd IWDP, Tsukuba, Sept. 2012
    17. Vidal P, Khasainov, BA, Presles HN, Desbordes D., Advances in initiation problems of detonation in homogenenous gases, Institut Henri-Poincaré, Paris, 26 November 2002
    18. Vidal P, Presles HN, Khasainov BA, Shock initiation and detonation extinction in homogeneous or heterogeneous explosives: some experiments and models, Workshop « High-Speed Combustion in Gaseous and Condensed-Phase Energetic Materials », Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, November 8-12, 1999

    Miscellaneous

    1. Jourdain C, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Avancées dans la compréhension des différents modes de détonation rotative, Journée des Doctorants du GFC, Ecole Centrale, January 2019
    2. Jourdain C, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Détonation rotative surcomprimée : analyse expérimentale et numérique, Journée des Doctorants, Safran Helicopter Engines, Bordes, December 2018
    3. Vidal P, Zitoun R, A synthesis of recent studies on detonation and propulsion at Institut Pprime, Workshop Pressure Gain Combustion, European Working Group Meeting, Technische Universitat Berlin, June 2018
    4. Vidal P, Zitoun R, Boulal S, Rodriguez V, Detonation dynamics in non-uniform compositions, Semi-confined steadily-rotating overdriven detonation, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, December 2017
    5. Hansmetzger S, Zitoun R, Vidal P, Detonation regimes in a small-scale Rotating Detonation Engine, Colloque INCA, Safran Tech, August 2017
    6. Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Jourdain C, Dynamics of rotating detonations: experimental and numerical works at Pprime, Journée INCA, Safran Tech, August 2017
    7. Vidal P, Zitoun R, Bellenoue M, Rodriguez V, Virot F, Chinnayya A, Detonation and propulsion at Pprime : overview, Workshop IDEA, Safran Tech, September 2016
    8. Bellenoue M, Boust B, Vidal P, Zitoun R, New concepts to enhance the thermodynamics of efficiency of propulsion engines, Journal AerospaceLab, AL11, 1-13, 2016
    9. Vidal P, Dynamique des détonations dans les milieux homogènes, Institut d’Astronomie et d’Astrophysique, Université de Bruxelles, 5 July 2004
    10. Vidal P, Cinétique chimique et dynamique des détonations en milieux homogènes, Journée Cinétique, Turbulence, Détonation, Plasma, Université de Lille, February 2013
    11. Vidal P, (a) Detonation dynamics in homogeneous gases: from industrial gaseous explosives to Type-Ia Supernovae, (b) Propulsion by detonation: pulsed or rotative detonation engines, (c) The Teaching and Research Structures for Mechanics, Materials and Energetics in Poitiers, France, (d) The Combustion and Detonation Laboratory: an overview of activities and a focus on detonation research, 4 conférences, French Science Today program of the French Embassy, Indian Institute of Technology, Aerospace Eng. Dpt. and Anna University, Aerospace Eng. Dpt. (Chennai, Madras), Indian Institute of Sciences (Bangalore), Advanced Centre of Research in High Energy Materials (Hyderabad), Pune University, Physics Dpt. (Pune), High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (Pune), Indian Institute of Technology, Aerospace Eng. Dpt., (Mumbai, Bombay), 15-24 July 2008
    12. Vidal P, Presles HN, Khasainov BA, Advances in initiation problems of detonation in homogeneous explosives, The Royal Military College, Cranfield University, Shrivenham, September 22, 2003
    13. Vidal P, Khasainov, BA, Presles HN, Initiation et propagation de la détonation dans les explosifs homogènes: phénoménologie et modèles, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Direction des Applications Militaires, Bruyères-le-Châtel, November 2001
    14. Bouton E, Vidal P, Presles H-N, Khasainov BA, Influence de la microstructure sur la détonation de mélanges hétérogènes Nitrométhane-Microbilles de verre, Séminaire Mécanismes micromécaniques des explosifs, Centre d’Etudes de Gramat (DGA-DRET), 1997

    Past ICDERS participations

    2025, Ottawa (30th)
    29. Vidal P., Zitoun R., News from the Chapman-Jouguet detonation front: A Velocity-Entropy Invariance theorem
    28. Monnier V. , Rodriguez V. , Vidal P., Zitoun R., Experimental and Detonation-Shock Dynamics analyses of cellular detonations in diverging channels: the effects of the cross-sectional shape
    27. Fessard T., Vilasi L., Rodriguez V., Vidal P., Experimental and calculated detonation cells in gaseous ethanol-oxygen mixtures
    26. Vilasi L., Le Naour B., Vidal P., Rodriguez V., An experimental study of initiation and propagation of cellular detonations in gaseous dodecane/air mixtures in curved channels
    25. Lafaurie V., Starikovskaia S., Vidal P., Deflagration-to-detonation transition in a gradient of atomic species formed by pulsed nanosecond plasma
    24. Shirvani B., Ni Z., Veiga-Lopez F., Maxwell B., Mével R., Luche J., Vidal P., Effect of Flow Divergence on the Structure of Detonation in Rich H₂-NO₂/N₂O₄ Mixtures
    23. Watanabe H., Chinnayya A., Vidal P., A Shock Dynamic Approach for analyzing two-dimensional numerical detonation cells in gases

    2023, Seoul (29th)
    22. Monnier V, Vidal P, Rodriguez V, Zitoun R, From graph theory and geometric probabilities to a representative width for three-dimensional detonation cells
    21. Monnier V, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R,Three-dimensional dynamics of detonation diffraction: effects of the tube cross-section shape

  1. 2022, Naples (28th)
    20. Monnier V, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Experimental analysis of cellular detonations: a discussion on regularity and three-dimensional patterns
    19. Ali Cherif M, Lafaurie V, Claverie A, Starikovskaia S, Vidal P, Detonability enhancement by use of a nanosecond plasma
    18. Rodriguez V, Monnier V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, On the possibility of non-dimensionalizing DDT limits and distances
    17. Taileb S, Rougon, E, Robin V, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Lau-Chapdelaine SM, Melguizo-Gavilanes J, Chinnayya A, A three-step, three-gamma model for the numerical modelling of the critical height of the propagation of semi-confined detonation waves

    2019, Beijing (27th)
    16. Jourdain C, Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Steadily-rotating overdriven detonation: experiments vs. GSD modelling

    2017, Boston (26th)
    15. Boulal S, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Matsumoto T, Matsuo A, Experimental investigation of detonation quenching and re-initiation in non-uniform compositions
    14. Matsumoto T, Boulal S, Matsuo A, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Numerical investigation of detonation quenching in non-uniform compositions and comparison to experiments
    13. Hansmetzger S, Zitoun R, Vidal P, Detonation regimes in a small-scale RDE
    12. Rodriguez V, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Experimental observations of semi-confined steadily-rotating detonations

    2015, Leeds (25th)
    11.      Boulal S, Vidal P, Zitoun R, Matsumoto T, Matsuo A, Experimental investigation of detonation behaviors in a non-uniform composition

    2013, Taipei (24th)
    10. Cheng G, Zitoun R, Sarrazin, Bauer P, Vidal P, A study on the mechanism of flame acceleration High-speed camera visualizations of flame acceleration of H₂/C₃H₈-Air fuels in an obstructed square channel

    2011, Irvine (23rd)
    9. Cheng G, Zitoun R, Sarrazin Y, Claverie A, Vidal P, Veyssiere B, Bauer P, High-speed camera visualizations of flame acceleration in a square channel with obstacles: the case of H₂/C₃H₈-Air binary fuels

    2009, Minsk (22nd)
    8. Vidal P, Slow propagation dynamics of detonation in a non-uniform gas: a large activation-energy analysis
    7. El Messoudi A, Vidal P, Busegnies Y, Low-velocity thermonuclear curved detonations in Type Ia supernovae with a detailed nuclear network

    2005, Montreal (20th)
    6. Guilly V, Khasainov B, Presles HN, Desbordes D, Vidal P, Numerical study of detonation cells under non-monotonic heat release

    2001, Seattle (18th)
    5. Vidal P, Khasainov BA, Condition for explosion by impact of a planar self-sustained detonation

    1999, Heidelberg (17th)
    4. Bouton E, Vidal P, Presles H-N, Khasainov BA, Ermolaev BS, On the shock sensitivity reversal effect: the case of Nitromethane sensitized by glass micro balloons

    1997, Krakow (16th)
    3. Bouton E, Presles H-N, Vidal P, Khasainov BA, Ermolaev BS, Effect of glass micro balloons on two-dimensional steady properties of nitromethane

    1993, Coimbra (14th)
    2. Gois C, Presles HN, Vidal P, Effect of hollow heterogeneities on nitromethane detonation

    1987, Warsaw (11th)
    1. Bauer P, Vidal P, Manson N, Heuzé O, Applicability of the inverse method to the determination of CJ parameters for gaseous mixtures at elevated pressures

     

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