ABSTRACT
There are several industrial devices in which energy conversion occurs through turbulent premixed fl ames. Gas turbine combustion chambers, afterburners of turbojet engines, and spark-ignited reciprocating engines are the main examples, and they support the research for understanding such turbulent fl ames. The fi rst research specifi cally devoted to turbulent premixed fl ames has been conducted around 1940, by Damköhler [1] in Germany and Shchelkin and others in Russia [2]. Finally, in 1956 the fi rst special session of the (International) Symposium on Combustion devoted to the “structure and propagation of turbulent fl ames” was held during the sixth edition at the University of Yale (USA).
