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Steady propagation of premixed flames in straight channels is studied numerically using the on-shell approach. A first numerical algorithm for solving the system of nonlinear integro-differential on-shell equations is presented. It is based…
Conjugate heat transfer is a challenging fluid-structure coupling problem that can significantly influence flame stabilization and thermoacoustic instabilities. To properly capture combustion phenomena that involve conjugate heat transfer,…
Triple flickering buoyant diffusion flames in an isosceles triangle arrangement were experimentally studied as a nonlinear dynamical system of coupled oscillators. The objective of the study is two-fold: to establish a well-controlled…
This paper investigates a predictive model that considers the impact of stretch on the dynamic response of laminar premixed conical and V- flames; the flame stretch consists of two components: the flame curvature and flow strain. The steady…
First-principles Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling is used to investigate uncertainty quantification and uncertainty propagation in parameters describing hydrogen kinetics. Specifically, we sample the posterior distribution of thirty-one…
Understanding the propagation dynamics of premixed flames in confined spaces is important for fire safety in gas pipelines and for optimizing modern internal combustion engines. In sufficiently long channels, premixed flames routinely…
We propose a new statistical observation scheme of diffusion processes named convolutional observation, where it is possible to deal with smoother observation than ordinary diffusion processes by considering convolution of diffusion…
One dozen vertically oriented thin rectangular vanes, 62 cm tall and 15.2 cm wide, were placed 27 cm from the center of heptane and ethanol pool fires in continuously fed, floor-flush pans 3.2 cm and 5.1 cm in diameter in the laboratory.…
We develop and calibrate a realistic model flame for hydrodynamical simulations of deflagrations in white dwarf (Type Ia) supernovae. Our flame model builds on the advection-diffusion-reaction model of Khokhlov and includes electron…
A purely data-driven approach using deep convolutional neural networks is discussed in the context of Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of turbulent premixed flames. The assessment of the method is conducted a priori using direct numerical…
Fuel-lean hydrogen combustion systems hold significant potential for low pollutant emissions, but are also susceptible to intrinsic combustion instabilities. While most research on these instabilities has focused on flames without wall…
Observational data collected during experiments, such as the planned Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE), are critical for progressing and transitioning coupled fire-atmosphere models like WRF-SFIRE and WRF-SFIRE-CHEM into…
A good understanding of the heat transfer in fused filament fabrication is crucial for an accurate stress prediction and subsequently for repetitive, high quality printing. This work focuses on two challenges that have been presented when…
This study investigated the pulsating instability of burner-stabilized premixed CH4-O2 flames at various levels of CO2 dilution. Experiments were conducted using a water-cooled porous-plug burner of 18 mm diameter over a wide range of…
Based on the phenomenological theory of heat diffusion, we show that the generated peak temperature $T_{\text{max}}$ after absorption of a laser pulse strongly depends on the pulse duration. We identify three different heat conduction…
Turbulent superstructures in horizontally extended three-dimensional Rayleigh-B\'enard convection flows are investigated in controlled laboratory experiments in water at Prandtl number $Pr = 7$. A Rayleigh-B\'enard cell with square…
Thermohaline convection (also known as fingering convection or thermohaline mixing) occurs in stellar radiation zones where a sufficient inversion of the mean molecular weight is present. This process mixes chemicals radially and occurs in…
We describe methods for the measurement of translational diffusion in very large static magnetic field gradients by NMR. The techniques use a "hole-burning" sequence that, with the use of fringe field gradients of 42 T/m, can image…
Direct interactions between the flow field and the chemical reaction in premixed flames occur when the reaction zone thickness is comparable to, or greater than flow length scales. To study such interactions, a laminar model is considered…