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Lean premixed hydrogen-air flames are strongly affected by thermodiffusive (TD) instabilities, which can alter the flame structure and enhance the local reactivity many-fold. Two recent models (Howarth et al. (Combust.~Flame 253, 2023) and…
The multiscale nature of turbulent combustion necessitates accurate and computationally efficient methods for direct numerical simulations (DNS). The field has long been dominated by high-order finite differences, which lack the flexibility…
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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…
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Given the need to develop zero-carbon combustors for power and aircraft engine applications, $S_d$ of a turbulent premixed flame, especially for H$_2$-air, is of immediate interest. The present study investigates 3D DNS cases of premixed…
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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…
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The fractal scaling properties of turbulent premixed flame fronts have been investigated and considered for modelling sub-grid scales in the Large-Eddy-Simulation framework. Since the width of such thin reaction fronts cannot be resolved…
In this contribution, velocity and its dissipation spectra in turbulent non-premixed jet flames are investigated by using two Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) databases of temporally evolving jets with different bulk jet Reynolds numbers.…
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