International Journal of
Physical Sciences

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Phys. Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-1950
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJPS
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2572

Full Length Research Paper

Covariance transformations for flame-propagation modeling

R. C. Aldredge
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-5294, USA. 
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 05 October 2007
  •  Published: 31 October 2007

Abstract

The covariance transformation used in earlier theoretical studies of turbulent-flame and isothermal-front propagation is defined and mathematically derived. This transformation provides the covariance associated with fluctuations of a turbulent scalar or vector-component variable in terms of the statistical properties of another fluctuating scalar or vector-component variable when the Fourier transforms of the two variables in transverse-wave number and frequency space are linearly dependent.

 

Key words: Covariance, turbulence, turbulent combustion, front propagation, flame propagation