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the fundamental theory of chemically reacting flow systems
1 online resource (xxiii, 680 pages) : illustrations.
SUMMARY OF RELEVANT ASPECTS OF FLUID DYNAMICS AND CHEMICAL KINETCS: The conservation equations for multicomponent, reacting, ideal-gas mixtures -- One-dimensional flow -- Coupling functions -- Conservation conditions at an interface -- Discussion of the approach adopted in the following development of combustion theory -- RANKINE-HUGONIOT RELATIONS: General Rankine-Hugoniot equations -- Analysis of a simplified system -- Extension of the results to arbitrary systems -- DIFFUSIN FLAMES AND DROPLET BURNING: The flame at the mouth of a tube in a duct -- The oxidation of carbon at the walls of a duct -- The burning of a fuel particle in an oxidizing atmosphere -- Structure of the flame sheet -- Monopropellant droplet burning -- REACTIONS IN FLOWS WITH NEGLIGIBLE MOLECULAR TRANSPORT: Ignition delay and the well-stirred reactor -- Reactions in steady, quasi-one-dimensional flow -- Reactions in unsteady, three-dimensional flow -- THEORY OF LAMINAR FLAMES: Description of laminar flames -- Mathematical formulation -- THe unimolecular decomposition flame with Lewis number of unity -- Flames with multiple-step chemistry -- DETONATION PHENOMENA: Planar detonation structure -- Propogation velocities for detonations traveling in tubes -- Transverse structures for detonations -- Detonations in solids, liquds, and sprays -- COMBUSTION OF SOLID PROPELLANTS: Description of steady deflagration of a homogeneous solid -- Applications of transition-state theory -- Approach to interfacial equilibrium -- Deflagration controlled by condensed-phase reaction rates -- Deflagration controlled by gas-phase reaction rates -- Dispersion phenomena and other influences -- Combustion of heterogeneous propellants -- Erosive burning -- IGNITION, EXTINCTION, AND FLAMMABILITY LIMITS: Minimum ignition energies and quenching distances -- Premixed flames with heat loss -- Activation-energy asymptotics in ignitino theory -- COMBUSTION INSTABILITIES: Acoustic instabilities in solid-propellant rocket motors -- Inherent oscillations of burning solids -- Oscillatory burning in liquid-propellant rocket motors -- System instabilities in combustion equipment -- Hydrodynamic and diffusive instabilities in premixed flames -- THEORY OF TURBULENT FLAMES: Probabilistic descriptions -- Turbulent diffusion flames -- Turbulent premixed flames -- SPRAY COMBUSTION: Spray statics -- Simplified model of combustion in a liquid-propellant rocket motor -- The conservation equations for dilute sprays -- Simplified conservation equations -- Extended model of combustion in a liquid-propellany rocket motor -- Deflagrations in sprays -- Spray penetration and cloud combustion -- FLAME ATTACHMENT AND FLAME SPREAD: THe boundary-layer approximation for laminar flows with chemical reactions -- Combustion of a fuel plate in an oxidizing stream -- Mechanisms of flame stabilization -- Processes of flame spread.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Combustion science and engineering series