2012/10/31 by Louis Leblanc, Maha Manoubi, Leblanc, Louis +7
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn) #physics.flu-dyn
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1210.8438
2 videos are included; video submission at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics as part of the Gallery of Fluid Motion
arxiv created 2012/11/01 · arxiv updated 2012/11/05
Using the soap bubble technique, we visualize the dynamics of unconfined hydrogen-air flames using high speed schlieren video. We show that for sufficiently weak mixtures, i.e., low flame speeds, buoyancy effects become important. Flame balls of a critical dimension begin to rise. The experiments are found in very good agreement with the scaling laws proposed by Zingale and Dursi. We report the results in a fluid dynamics video.