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Dynamics of Curved Flames Propagating in Tubes

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A flame ignited at some location can propagate from the location where it was ignited either being confined by the walls of the vessel, or as a freely propagating flame.

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Liberman, M.A. (2021). Dynamics of Curved Flames Propagating in Tubes. In: Combustion Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85139-2_8

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