The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the effects of thermal expansion, as a result of
heat release arising from exothermic chemical reactions, on the underlying turbulent fluid …

Precise evaluation of flame surface area plays a pivotal role in the fundamental
understanding and accurate modelling of turbulent premixed flames. This necessity is …

Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of V-flames interacting with chemically inert
walls in a fully developed turbulent channel flow have been performed under adiabatic and …

Accurate prediction of temporal evolution of turbulent flames represents one of the most
challenging problems in the combustion community. In this work, predictive models for …

The physical mechanisms responsible for flame curvature evolution of a methane-air
premixed flame attached to a bluff-body burner have been investigated using a high-fidelity …

Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations with a modified single-step Arrhenius
chemistry have been used to analyze spherically expanding n-heptane flames propagating …

The statistical behavior of the magnitude of the reaction progress variable gradient
[alternatively known as the surface density function (SDF)] and the strain rates, which govern …

Flame stretch and its related quantities are three-dimensional (3D), while most planar
imaging techniques, widely used in turbulent combustion, can only provide lower …

Moderate or intense low-oxygen dilution (MILD) combustion is a novel combustion
technique that can simultaneously improve thermal efficiency and reduce emissions. This …

The fractional change in the reaction progress variable gradient depends on the flow normal
straining within the flame and also upon the corresponding normal gradients of the reaction …