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The dynamics of flame propagation in systems with infinite Lewis number and spatially discretized sources of heat release is examined, which is applicable to the combustion of suspensions of fuel particles in air. The system is analyzed…
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We numerically investigate the dynamics and linear rheology of disordered systems made of patchy particles, focussing on the role of valence, temperature and bonding mechanism. We demonstrate that the dynamics is enslaved to bonding, giving…
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We investigate Turing instability and pattern formation in two-dimensional domains for two reaction-diffusion models, obtained as diffusive limits of kinetic equations for mixtures of monatomic and polyatomic gases. The first model is of…
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The problem of burning of high-velocity gas streams in channels is revisited. Previous treatments of this issue are found to be incomplete. It is shown that despite relative smallness of the transversal gas velocity, it plays crucial role…
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In this paper, neural network (NN)-based models are generated to replace flamelet tables for sub-grid modeling in large-eddy simulations of a single-injector liquid-propellant rocket engine. In the most accurate case, separate NNs for each…