Simulation of Vorticity-buoyancy Interactions in Fire-whirl-like Phenomena
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In this study the commercial flow code STAR-CD has been used to simulate a laboratory experiment involving a so-called fire whirl. Such phenomena are typically characterized as exhibiting significantly enhanced mixing and consequently higher combustion rates due to an interaction of buoyancy and vorticity, but the details of this are only beginning to be understood. The present study focuses attention on this interaction in the absence of combustion, thus removing significant complications and allowing a clearer view of the vorticity-buoyancy interaction itself.
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