Coherent Structures in Turbulent Flames.

Abstract

Diagnostic and data analysis techniques have been used to investigate the structure of turbulent jet reacting flows with well defined initial and boundary conditions. In the transition region of a turbulent jet flame a double-vortex structure has been found: with outer vortices, which may originate from Kelvin-Helmholtz or Rayleigh type instabilities, and inner vortices which are influenced strongly by one or more combustion instability mechanisms. Measurements of mean velocity, turbulence intensity, ionization current, mean temperature and peak frequencies are presented together with data derived from high speed color schlieren photography and laser schlieren spectra.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078467

Entities

People

  • A. J. Yule
  • N. A. Chigier

Organizations

  • University of Sheffield

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Combustion
  • Data Analysis
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluids
  • Fuel Sprays
  • Ionization
  • Measurement
  • Mixtures
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Reynolds Number
  • Schlieren Photography
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy