Tsuji burners, in which flames may be anchored the forward stagnation region of a cylindrical porous fuel injector placed uniform air stream, are addressed here for moderately large Reynolds numbers. Attention is focused on conditions under fuel-injection velocity not sufficiently small compared with outer boundary layer to remain attached part cylinder surface. In resulting flow, flame embedde...

Air-to-fuel (A/F) ratio is the mass ratio of the air-to-fuel mixture trapped inside a cylinder before combustion begins, and it affects engine emissions, fuel economy, and other performances. Using an A/F ratio and dualfuel ratio control oriented engine model, a multi-inputmulti-output (MIMO) sliding mode control scheme is used to simultaneously control the mass flow rate of both port fuel inje...

This study describes a methodology and gives analysis to determine the steady propagation speed of a projectile fired into a gaseous mixture of fuel and oxidizer. For tractability, the steady supersonic flow of an inviscid calorically perfect ideal reacting gas with high activation energy over a symmetric double wedge, unconfined by a cowl, is considered. Propagation speeds are found which give...

This study describes a methodology and gives an example of a simplified analysis to determine the steady propagation speed of a projectile fired into a gaseous mixture of fuel and oxidizer. For tractability, the steady supersonic flow of an inviscid calorically perfect ideal reacting gas with high activation energy over a symmetric double wedge, unconfined by a cowl, is considered. A search of ...

Maximization of the catalyst efficiency in automotive fuel-injection engines requires the design of accurate control systems to keep the air-to-fuel ratio at the optimal stoichiometric value AF . Unfortunately, this task is complex since the air-to-fuel ratio is very sensitive to small perturbations of the engine parameters. Some mechanisms ruling the engine and the combustion process are in fa...

An advanced LES code, named SPARK-LES, is currently under development at CIRA within the frame of the HYPROB program. The general goal of the HYPROB program, coherently with CIRA programmatic guidelines in the field of Aerospace Propulsion, is to improve CIRA design and research capabilities on Liquid Rocket Engines, and in particular on the LOx/CH4 oxidizer-fuel mixture. One of the objectives ...

Introduction A hydrocarbon flame can naturally and readily provide an appropriate high-temperature environment with abundant radical concentrations required for the growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) [1] or carbon nano-onions (CNOs) [2]. Therefore, flame synthesis shows a more promising potential for inexpensive and mass production of high-purity carbon nanostructures than other synthesis method...

Abstract— Large Eddy Simulations (LES) contains 3D instantaneous velocity fields as well as passive scalar concentration field describing the coherent flow structures. The study of coherent flow structures has a major impact on the mixing of the fuel and the oxidizer. The analysis of these structures in a turbulent jet is essential in understanding the fundamentals of fluid dynamics. Therefore ...

Mechanical action can produce dramatic physical and mechanochemical effects when the energy is spatially or temporally concentrated. An important example of such phenomena in solids is the mechanical initiation of explosions, which has long been speculated to result from 'hot spot' generation at localized microstructures in the energetic material. Direct experimental evidence of such hot spots,...