Abstract
The coupling of adaptive numerical methods with large-memory parallel/vector computers has produced a powerful tool with which to probe flame structure. We have investigated numerically one such system— the axisymmetric laminar diffusion flame. The ability to predict the coupled effects of complex transport phenomena with detailed chemical kinetics in these flames is critical in modeling turbulent reacting flows, in improving engine efficiency, and in understanding the processes by which pollutants are formed. Compu tationally, we solve the governing conservation equa tions of mass, momentum, species balance, and en ergy with detailed transport and finite rate chemistry submodels. We utilize up to six processors of an IBM ES/3090 600J in parallel to obtain a discrete solution on a two-dimensional grid with Newton's method and adaptive mesh refinement.
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