Vortex bursting mechanism

Vortex bursting mechanism proposed by Chomiak. (From Chomiak, J., Proc. Combust. Inst., 16, 1665, 1977 Ishizuka, S., Prog. Energy Combust. Sci., 28,477,2002.)... 

He considered that the rapid flame propagation could be achieved with the same mechanism as vortex breakdown. Figure 4.2.2 schematically shows his vortex bursting mechanism [4,5]. When a combustible mixture rotates, Ihe pressure on the axis of rotation becomes lower than the ambient pressure. The amount of pressure decrease is equal to max in Rankine s combined vor-fex, in which p denotes fhe unburned gas density and Vg denotes the maximum tangential velocity of the vortex. However, when combustion occurs, the pressure on the axis of rofafion increases in the burned gas owing to the decrease in the density, and becomes close to the ambient pressure. Thus, there appears a pressure jump AP across the flame on fhe axis of rotation. This pressure jump may cause a rapid movement of the hot burned gas. By considering the momentum flux conservation across the flame, fhe following expression for the burned gas speed was derived ... 

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