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Combustion in microgravity: The French contribution

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Microgravity (drop towers, parabolic flights, sounding rockets and space stations) are particularly relevant to combustion problems given that they show high-density gradients and in many cases weak forced convection. For some configurations where buoyancy forces result in complex flow fields, microgravity leads to ideal conditions that correspond closely to canonical problems, e.g., combustion of a spherical droplet in a far-field still atmosphere, Emmons' problem for flame spreading over a solid flat plate, deflagration waves, etc. A comprehensive chronological review on the many combustion studies in microgravity was written first by Law and Faeth (1994) and then by F.A. Williams (1995). Later on, new recommendations for research directions have been delivered. In France, research has been managed and supported by CNES and CNRS since the creation of the microgravity research group in 1992. At this time, microgravity research and future activities contemplated the following:
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hal-01398159 , version 1 (16-11-2016)

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Roger Prud'Homme, Guillaume Legros, José L. Torero. Combustion in microgravity: The French contribution. Comptes Rendus Mécanique, 2017, Basic and applied researches in microgravity – A tribute to Bernard Zappoli’s contribution, 345 (1), pp.86-98. ⟨10.1016/j.crme.2016.10.012⟩. ⟨hal-01398159⟩
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