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Velocity and mass diffusivity effects on the linear and nonlinear phenomena of the Burke-Schumann flame with acoustic excitation

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The dynamics of the Burke-Schumann flame in terms of the Péclet number variation were investigated. The effect of the Péclet number on the flame shape and heat release perturbation in the theoretical study was experimentally confirmed. This number changed through alterations in the average velocity and fuel composition. In addition, the nonlinear effects were reported. These effects were made by different magnitude of velocity oscillation of harmonic frequencies. The effect on the 2nd harmonic frequency is larger when the 1st harmonic flame transfer function showed the lower value. Therefore, the nonlinear characteristics are shown within the range of this study. Also, the specific forcing frequency that makes a non-oscillated flame phenomenon is shown. This frequency makes the very low heat release perturbations and 2nd harmonic oscillations.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Advanced Research Center Program (NRF-2013R1A5A1073861) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government(MSIP) contracted through Advanced Space Propulsion Research Center at Seoul National University.

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  1. Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

    Taesung Kim

  2. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

    Taesung Kim, Myunggeun Ahn, Daehong Lim & Youngbin Yoon

  3. Institute of Advanced Aerospace Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

    Youngbin Yoon

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Taesung Kim is a postdoctoral fellow in Clean Combustion Research Center of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. His research is focused on the flame dynamics and the combustion instability.

Youngbin Yoon is a Professor of Seoul National University, Korea. He received his Ph.D. from University of Michigan, USA in 1994. His research fields are liquid rocket engine injectors, combustion dynamics and laser diagnostics.

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Kim, T., Ahn, M., Lim, D. et al. Velocity and mass diffusivity effects on the linear and nonlinear phenomena of the Burke-Schumann flame with acoustic excitation. J Mech Sci Technol 33, 3019–3029 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-019-0552-2

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