Ninth International Workshop on Measurement and Computation of Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames

The series of workshops on Measurement and Computation of Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames (TNF) is intended to facilitate collaboration and information exchange among experimental and computational researchers in the field of turbulent combustion. The emphasis is on fundamental issues of turbulence-chemistry interaction. In past workshops these issues have been explored through collaborative comparisons of measured and modeled results for a selected set of turbulent nonpremixed and partially premixed target flames burning H2, CH4 or CH4/H2 mixtures. Several participating research groups have strong interest in applying this same collaborative framework to a broader range of combustion modes and fuels. With the increasing importance of combustion LES as a modeling tool, there has also been discussion of the need to develop a more complete framework for LES validation. With these considerations in mind, TNF9 was organized as a planning process to identify priorities for collaborative research and future workshop activities over a 4-6 year time frame. Background for this planning process was also outlined in the TNF8 Summary, which is available online (http://ca.sandia.gov/TNF/8thWorkshop/TNF8.html).