Flame propagation through a spatially periodic shear flow: Extinction vs. transition to detonation

Leonid Kagan*, Gregory Sivashinsky

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The problem of flame propagation through a spatially periodic shear flow is revisited. When the flow intensity exceeds a certain critical level the corrugated flame either quenches or transitions to detonation. The quenching takes place for relatively small-scale flows where the impact of the flame stretch is strong. In large-scale flows the stretch weakens, while the impact of precompression increases, and the flame transitions to detonation, provided the flow intensity is high enough. In the parametric space a change of the dynamical picture occurs in an abrupt nearly jumpwise manner.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)98-100
Number of pages3
JournalCombustion and Flame
Volume218
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2020

Funding

FundersFunder number
US-Israel Binational Science Foundation
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation2012-052
Israel Science Foundation335/13

    Keywords

    • Deflagration to detonation transition
    • Flame-flow interaction
    • Flammability limits

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