Based on newinformation obtained on free microjets this book explains the latest phenomenain
flame evolution in the presence of a transverse acoustic field with roundand plane propane
microjet combustion. It gives an overview of recentexperimental results on instability and
dynamics of jets at low Reynoldsnumbers and provides the reader step by step with the
milestones and recentadvances in jet flow stability and combustion. Readers will also discover
aclarification of the differences between top-hat and parabolic round and planejet instability.
Chapters demonstrate features of the interaction between jet and crossflow andhow experimental
data testify to similarities of the perturbed flow patterns oflaminar and turbulent round jets.
A similar response of the jets to externalacoustic oscillations is shown as well as the
peculiarities of the effect of atransverse acoustic field on downstream evolution of round and
plane macro- andmicrojets. Basic features of round and plane macro and micro jets'
evolutionaffected by initial conditions at the nozzle outlet and by environmentalperturbations
are highlighted.Students of fluid mechanics will gain a solid foundation in
hydrodynamicstability and combustion of subsonic jet flow and researchers will value
thepresentation of special aspects of instability and transition. The work treatsboth
theoretical and practical facets and it includes supplementary materialsuch as PowerPoint
multimedia notes based on results of laboratory scientificexperiments.
