A self-contained presentation of the dynamics of nonlinear waves in combustion and other non-equilibrium energetic systems for students and specialists.
A self-contained presentation of the dynamics of nonlinear waves in combustion and other non-equilibrium energetic systems for students and specialists.
Paul Clavin is Professor Emeritus at Aix-Marseille Université and an honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France, where he was Chair of Mécanique Physique from 1993 to 2004. In 1995, he founded the renowned research institute, the Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Équilibre (IRPHE). He has received major awards from the Société Française de Physique (Plumey, 1988), the French Academy of Sciences (Grand Prix, 1995) and the Combustion Institute (Zeldovich Gold Medal, San Francisco, 2014).
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Preface Introduction Part I. Physical Insights: 1. General considerations 2. Laminar premixed flames 3. Turbulent premixed flames 4. Gaseous shocks and detonations 5. Chemical kinetics of combustion 6. Laser-driven ablation front in ICF 7. Explosion of massive stars Part II. Detailed Analytical Studies: 8. Planar flames 9. Flame kernels and flame balls 10. Wrinkled flames 11. Ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability 12. Shock waves and detonations Part III. Complements: 13. Statistical physics 14. Chemistry 15. Flows References Index.
