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creators_name: Higuera Antón, Francisco
creators_name: Liñán Martínez, Amable
creators_name: Iglesias Estradé, Inmaculada
title: Effects of boundary layer displacement and separation on
opposed-flow flame spread
ispublished: pub
subjects: fisica
subjects: aeronautica
abstract: An analysis is presented of the viscous-inviscid Interaction region around the tip of a flame spreading over the surface of a solid fuel in a forced laminar high  reynolds number air stream that opposes the flame propagation. Through the interaction, the vaporization of the solid and the thermal expansion of the gas originate an adverse pressure gradient upstream of the flame tip, which leads to a decrease of the shear acting on the small region controlling the flame spread rate. Under certain realistic conditions this adverse pressure gradient may separate the boundary layer upstream of the vaporizing region of the solid, leading to a new mode of flame spread with a higher spread rate determined by the flow in the whole interaction region.
date: 1997
date_type: published
official_url: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13647830.asp
full_text_status: public
publication: Combustion Theory and Modelling
volume: 1
number: 1
pagerange: 65-78
institution: Aeronauticos
department: Motopropulsion
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1364-7830
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rights: by-nc-nd
citation:   Higuera Antón, Francisco and Liñán Martínez, Amable and Iglesias Estradé, Inmaculada  (1997).  Effects of boundary layer displacement and separation on opposed-flow flame spread.   "Combustion Theory and Modelling", v. 1  (n. 1);   pp. 65-78.  ISSN 1364-7830.    
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