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Local burning velocity in a Bunsen jet flame
Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Out of Equilibrium Dynamics, Volume 340 (2012) no. 11-12, pp. 789-796.

A PIV-based system has been set-up for the simultaneous measurement of the local burning velocity of premixed flames and the flame stretch due to the flame front curvature and the incoming flow strain rate. For moderately short jet flames, these measurements allow an indirect determination of the Markstein length, according to Clavin and Joulin (C–J) theory. For tall flames, the flame curvature becomes relatively large in a region around the tip where the C–J theory breaks down. However, our experiments confirm the appearance of a new linear relation between burning velocity and curvature at the flame tip. This relation defines a new proportionality factor which is probably associated to the evolution from rounded tips to slender tips when the jet velocity is increased.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2012.10.027
Keywords: Premixed flames, Flame stretch, Markstein length

Gabriel García-Soriano 1; José Luis Castillo 1; Francisco J. Higuera 2; Pedro L. García-Ybarra 1

1 Dept. Física Matemática y de Fluidos, UNED, Facultad de Ciencias, Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
2 E.T.S. Ingenieros Aeronáuticos, UPM, Pza. Cardenal Cisneros, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Gabriel García-Soriano; José Luis Castillo; Francisco J. Higuera; Pedro L. García-Ybarra. Local burning velocity in a Bunsen jet flame. Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Out of Equilibrium Dynamics, Volume 340 (2012) no. 11-12, pp. 789-796. doi : 10.1016/j.crme.2012.10.027. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mecanique/articles/10.1016/j.crme.2012.10.027/

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