Paul Clavin

Combustion Waves and Fronts in Flows (eBook, ePUB)

Flames, Shocks, Detonations, Ablation Fronts and Explosion of Stars

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Combustion is a fascinating phenomenon coupling complex chemistry to transport mechanisms and nonlinear fluid dynamics. This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive presentation of the nonlinear dynamics of combustion waves and other non-equilibrium energetic systems. The major advances in this field have resulted from analytical studies of simplified models performed in close relation with carefully controlled laboratory experiments. The key to understanding the complex phenomena is a systematic reduction of the complexity of the basic equations. Focusing on this fundamental approach, the book is split into three parts. Part I provides physical insights for physics-oriented readers, Part II presents detailed technical analysis using perturbation methods for theoreticians, and Part III recalls the necessary background knowledge in physics, chemistry and fluid dynamics. This structure makes the content accessible to newcomers to the physics of unstable fronts in flows, whilst also offering advanced material for scientists who wish to improve their knowledge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316756911
• Artikelnr.: 52947433

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.