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Scale modeling of combustion phenomena is considered in different contexts, ranging from power production by fossil fuels to damage by hostile fires. Since descriptions of combustion require a relatively large number of nondimensional groups, combustion modeling is comparatively challenging. Rather than viewing this difficulty as a source of despair, the complexity can be considered to provide a wider range of options for extracting worthwhile information from careful observations performed in experiments designed on the basis of alternative approaches to scale modeling. Combustion offers more possibilities for utilization of inaccurate “partial modeling” for enhancing understanding. Specific examples addressed include cold-flow modeling, Froude-number scaling, pressure modeling and microgravity droplet combustion. Through these examples it is concluded that a rich variety of advances can be made by modeling of combustion phenomena.
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Williams, F.A. (2008). Modeling of Combustion Phenomena. In: Saito, K. (eds) Progress in Scale Modeling. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8682-3_14
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