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Dynamical behaviour of a premixed turbulent open V-flame

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

C. W. Rhee ,
L. Talbot  and
J. A. Sethian
C. W. Rhee
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Current address: Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Daeduk R & D Center, PO Box 43, Daeduk Science Town, Taejon, Korea 305-600.
L. Talbot
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
J. A. Sethian
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Abstract

The level-set approach of Osher & Sethian to tracking interfaces is successfully adapted to the simulation of a premixed turbulent open V-flame including the effects of exothermicity and baroclinicity. In accord with experimental observations this algorithm, along with a flame anchoring scheme, predicts flame cusping for a case in which a strong vortex pair interacts with the flame front. The computed velocity and scalar statistics obtained for the turbulent V-flame compare reasonably well with experimental results by Cheng & Shepherd, and demonstrate the importance of flame-generated vorticity in the determination of flame dynamics and product velocity characteristics.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 300 , 10 October 1995 , pp. 87 - 115
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© 1995 Cambridge University Press

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