Stability of Plane Near-Equidiffusional Flames Without Invoking the Constant-Density Approximation,

Abstract

Near-equidiffusional flames (NEFs) are characterized by near-unity Lewis numbers, near-adiabatic flame temperatures and near-uniform enthalpies. These flames are special three-dimensional solutions of the combustion equations and provide a convenient framework for the theoretical study of a number of flame phenomena. An extensive discussion of NEFs appears in Chapters 2 and 8 of Buckmaster and Ludford (1982), where a set of reduced equations governing these flames has also been derived. This paper is concerned with a study of the linearized stability problem associated with the plane NEFs.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADP002972

Entities

People

  • A. Kapila
  • T. L. Jackson

Organizations

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adiabatic Flames
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Enthalpy
  • Equations
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Flames
  • Mathematics
  • Subsonic Combustion
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.