1-d Flame Models

Below are several 1-d flame models run with FLASH. These are mixing C/O flames, and use the Caughlin and Fowler (1988) C+C reaction rate. Oxygen is not burned here, just passively advected. These models were used in measuring the response of flames to curvature, as reported in Dursi et al. 2003, ApJ, submitted.

The problem is setup with C/O in the left side of the domain, and Mg in the right. The left boundary is inflow, with a speed that is ~ the laminar flame speed. The right boundary holds the pressure constant. The flame speed is computed as the front speed (measured by differencing the front position in two different timeslices) - the inflow velocity. Thermal widths are also reported, as the distance between the point where the temperature is 10% above the ambient temperature and 10% below the peak temperature (this is referred to the "10/90" flame width in Dursi et al. 2003, ApJ, submitted).

density C fraction inflow velocity   flame speed flame thermal width model file
2.5e7 g/cc 1.0 1.6e5 cm/s   1.71e5 cm/s 0.0653 cm flame_cf88_o16_d2.5e7_c1.0.out
5.e7 g/cc 0.5 1.e5 cm/s   9.11e4 cm/s 0.0528 cm flame_cf88_o16_d5.e7_c0.5.out
5.e7 g/cc 1.0 7.e5 cm/s   6.81e5 cm/s 9.01e-3 cm flame_cf88_o16_d5.e7_c1.0.out
1.e8 g/cc 0.5 3.e5 cm/s   2.92e5 cm/s 9.93e-3 cm flame_cf88_o16_d1.e8_c0.5.out
1.e8 g/cc 1.0 1.9e6 cm/s   2.13e6 cm/s 1.85e-3 cm flame_cf88_o16_d1.e8_c1.0.out
2.e8 g/cc 0.5 8.e5 cm/s   8.19e5 cm/s 2.33e-3 cm flame_cf88_o16_d2.e8_c0.5.out
2.e8 g/cc 1.0 5.6e6 cm/s   5.56e6 cm/s 4.63e-4 cm flame_cf88_o16_d2.e8_c1.0.out

Support for this work was provided by the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program of the DOE, grant number DE-FC02-01ER41176