Analytical and Computational Fluid Dynamics of Combustion and Fires [dedicated to Prof. Vitaly Bychkov (1968–2015) of Umea University, Sweden]

Dear Colleagues,

Often a useful tool, but occasionally a disaster, fire has accompanied mankind for millennia. Protecting from coldness, darkness, predators and stomach bacteria, combustion has brought primitive, tribal humans into the modern industrial civilization; and it will likely remain the major provider of energy for industry, heating and transportation in the foreseeable decades.  Next-generation combustion technologies are expected to be environmentally-friendly, safe and energy-efficient; and the role of the numerical methods in the design and development of such advanced is emerging nowadays.

The aim of this Special Issue is to collect the recent analytical and computational advances in the fields of reacting fluids, including (though not limited to) premixed flame dynamics and morphology, turbulent burning, flame acceleration and combustion instabilities. 

This Special Issue is dedicated to the bright memory of deceased Professor Vitaly Bychkov (1968–2015), whose contributions into combustion theory and modelling, with his particular deep studies of hydrodynamic combustion instabilities, flame acceleration and deflagration-to-detonation transition, are hard to overestimate.

Prof. Dr. V'yacheslav Akkerman
Guest Editor

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