ON STRETCH-AFFECTED FLAME PROPAGATION IN VORTICAL FLOWS

Flame propagation through an array of vortices was studied with a mode l which incorporated the variation of the local burning velocity with stretch. Assuming incompressible how, the mean burning velocities were calculated and compared to those of the Huygens limit. It was found t hat stretch causes a decrease in the mean burning velocity, and a mech anism which explains this trend was identified. The study also demonst rated that, as expected, stretch only has a significant effect on the mean burning velocity for vortices whose size is of the same order as that of the flame thickness.