2134/5904 Sreenivasa Rao Gubba Sreenivasa Rao Gubba Salah Ibrahim Salah Ibrahim Weeratunge Malalasekera Weeratunge Malalasekera Assaad R. Masri Assaad R. Masri LES modelling of propagating turbulent premixed flames using a dynamic flame surface density model Loughborough University 2010 LES Turbulent premixed combustion Dynamic flame surface density Fractal theory Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified 2010-02-04 13:24:29 Conference contribution https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/LES_modelling_of_propagating_turbulent_premixed_flames_using_a_dynamic_flame_surface_density_model/9558212 A Dynamic flame surface density (DFSD) model, developed recently from experimental images for transient turbulent premixed flames, is implemented and tested using the large eddy simulation (LES) modelling technique. Numerical predictions from DFSD model are compared with those predicted using the flame surface density (FSD) sub-grid scale (SGS) model for reaction rate. In the SGS-DFSD model, dynamic formulation of the reaction rate is coupled with the fractal analysis of the flame front structure. The fractal dimension is evaluated dynamically from an empirical formula based on the sub-grid velocity fluctuations. A laboratory scale combustion chamber with inbuilt solid obstacles is used for model validation and comparisons. The flame is initiated from igniting a stichiometric propane/air mixture from stagnation. The results obtained with the DFSD model are in good comparisons with experimental data and the essential features of turbulent premixed combustion are well captured. It has also been observed that the SGS-DFSD model for reaction rate found to capture the unresolved flame surface density contributions. Further investigations are planned to examine and validate of the SGS-DFSD for different flow geometries.