An experimental study of the combustion of an aerosol of coarse magnesium particles in microgravity is reported. Particles with sizes between 180–250 mm were aerosolized in a 0.5-L combustion chamber and ignited in a constant-pressure, microgravity environment. Two flame images were produced simultaneously using interference filters separating adjacent MgO and black body radiation bands at 500 ...

In recent years, in order to reducing die design and manufacturing costs, Multi point forming technique has gained an increasing interest because of its high flexibility. In this process, the conventional fixed shape solid die sets are replaced with a pair of opposite matrices of controllable elements. In this paper, the fundamental principles of multi-point forming was described and the possib...

In this study the feasibility of 3D FEM simulation of the orbital forming process was investigated by evaluating the simulation time. Commercial FEA software DEFORM 3D v4.0 that has an efficient computation algorithm for simulating incremental forming process was used for the simulations and the savings in computation time was determined. In order to provide reliable flow stress for the simulat...

Recent advances in automation of systematically reduced mechanisms are reported here with the aim to accelerate the development process. A computer algorithm has been developed enabling fast generation and testing of reduced chemistry. This algorithm has been used to develop various reduced mechanisms of methane-air combustion for modelling of turbulent combustion. A 10-step reduced chemistry h...

In recent years, in order to reducing die design and manufacturing costs, Multi point forming technique has gained an increasing interest because of its high flexibility. In this process, the conventional fixed shape solid die sets are replaced with a pair of opposite matrices of controllable elements. In this paper, the fundamental principles of multi-point forming was described and the possib...