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On the possibility of generating nonstationary fire whirls under the conditions of solid fuel axisymmetric burning

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It is demonstrated that free concentrated fire whirls can be physically modeled if the outer circulation is absent. Vortex structures were generated when hexamethylenetetramine pellets, located axially on a substrate (aluminum sheet) burned. The first data on specific features of fire whirl formation and some integral parameters (the lifetime, height, and diameter) were obtained using video shooting.

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  1. Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    A. Yu. Varaksin, M. E. Romash & V. N. Kopeitsev

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Original Russian Text © A.Yu. Varaksin, M.E. Romash, V.N. Kopeitsev, 2017, published in Teplofizika Vysokikh Temperatur, 2017, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 150–153.

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Varaksin, A.Y., Romash, M.E. & Kopeitsev, V.N. On the possibility of generating nonstationary fire whirls under the conditions of solid fuel axisymmetric burning. High Temp 55, 154–157 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0018151X16060225

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