Effect of the Darrieus-Landau instability on turbulent flame velocity.

Abstract

The propagation of turbulent premixed flames influenced by the intrinsic hydrodynamic flame instability (the Darrieus-Landau instability) is considered in a two-dimensional case using the model nonlinear equation proposed recently by Bychkov [Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 6122 (2000)]. The nonlinear equation takes into account both the influence of external turbulence and the intrinsic properties of a flame front, such as small but finite flame thickness and realistically large density variations across the flame front. Dependence of the flame velocity on the turbulent length scale, turbulent intensity, and density variations is investigated in the case of weak nonlinearity and weak external turbulence. It is shown that the Darrieus-Landau instability influences the flamelet velocity considerably. The obtained results are in agreement with experimental data on the turbulent burning of moderate values of the Reynolds number.