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Computation of Steady and Unsteady Laminar Flames : Theory

Author
Radhakrishnan, Krishnan
Published
October 1999.
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1 electronic document
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Hagstrom, Thomas and Zhou, Ruhai
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In this paper we describe the numerical analysis underlying our efforts to develop an accurate and reliable code for simulating flame propagation using complex physical and chemical models. We discuss our spatial and temporal discretization schemes, which in our current implementations range in order from two to six. In space we use staggered meshes to define discrete divergence and gradient operators, allowing us to approximate complex diffusion operators while maintaining ellipticity. Our temporal discretization is based on the use of preconditioning to produce a highly efficient linearly implicit method with good stability properties. High order for time accurate simulations is obtained through the use of extrapolation or deferred correction procedures. We also discuss our techniques for computing stationary flames. The primary issue here is the automatic generation of initial approximations for the application of Newton's method. We use a novel time-stepping procedure, which allows the dynamic updating of the flame speed and forces the flame front towards a specified location. Numerical experiments are presented, primarily for the stationary flame problem. These illustrate the reliability of our techniques, and the dependence of the results on various code parameters.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 20000002797.
ICOMP-99-07.
NAS 1.26:209305.
E-11826.
NASA/CR-1999-209305.
AIAA Paper 98-3246.
Joint Propulsion; 13-15 Jul. 1998; Cleveland, OH; United States.
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