The Mechanism of Wedge Shaped Flame Formation in a Closed Vessel

Abstract

To predict the shape of a flame in a vessel is one of very important problems in the field of combustion. But it is difficult because the shape is strongly influenced by the flow which is affected not only by the surrounding walls but also by the expansion of gas due to combustion. The mechanism of formation of a wedge shaped flame in a constant volume combustion chamber has longtime been a target of many researchers since Ellis pointed it out in 1928. Several hypotheses have been proposed but they do not clearly present a complete mechanism. Modern techniques of measurement are giving new data about the combustion gases. In this report, a two dimensional LDV and some other measuring techniques are used to check the hypotheses mentioned above, and a new idea on the mechanism of formation of a wedge shaped flame is proposed.