Abstract
ABSTRACT Edge flames are a canonical two-dimensional flame structure appearing in lifted jet flames and in the growth and repair of flame holes in nonpremixed turbulent combustion. Computational studies of edge flames with hydrodynamic-coupling at high strains are difficult owing to difficulties defining a stationary state. A wedge-shaped counterflow configuration is here used to provide control over the position of the edge flame, and allowing access to stationary, hydrodynamically-coupled retreating flames (at low and high strains). ethylene–air edge flames are established in the resulting non-uniformly strained counterflow, with combustion modeled using a skeletal reduction of the USC Mech II. The details of the ethylene–air edge flame are discussed, and comparisons are made between stoichiometric, fuel-lean, and fuel-rich compositions. Mixture-fraction-based coordinates local to the flame front are developed and analysed for a range of edge-flame speeds and compositions. A strain-rate parameter is described that admits a speed-strain relationship that is insensitive to the mixture stoichiometry, and a model for retreating flame speeds at high strain rates is discussed.
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