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Measurements of turbulent premixed flame dynamics using cinema stereoscopic PIV

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A new experimental method is described that provides high-speed movies of turbulent premixed flame wrinkling dynamics and the associated vorticity fields. This method employs cinema stereoscopic particle image velocimetry and has been applied to a turbulent slot Bunsen flame. Three-component velocity fields were measured with high temporal and spatial resolutions of 0.9 ms and 140 μm, respectively. The flame-front location was determined using a new multi-step method based on particle image gradients, which is described. Comparisons are made between flame fronts found with this method and simultaneous CH-PLIF images. These show that the flame contour determined corresponds well to the true location of maximum gas density gradient. Time histories of typical eddy–flame interactions are reported and several important phenomena identified. Outwardly rotating eddy pairs wrinkle the flame and are attenuated at they pass through the flamelet. Significant flame-generated vorticity is produced downstream of the wrinkled tip. Similar wrinkles are caused by larger groups of outwardly rotating eddies. Inwardly rotating pairs cause significant convex wrinkles that grow as the flame propagates. These wrinkles encounter other eddies that alter their behavior. The effects of the hydrodynamic and diffusive instabilities are observed and found to be significant contributors to the formation and propagation of wrinkles.

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  1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Adam M. Steinberg & James F. Driscoll

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Steven L. Ceccio

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Steinberg, A.M., Driscoll, J.F. & Ceccio, S.L. Measurements of turbulent premixed flame dynamics using cinema stereoscopic PIV. Exp Fluids 44, 985–999 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-007-0458-0

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