The aim of this paper was to examine the response of twin premixed flames formed in a counterflow configuration to the presence of an unsteady straining flow. We began by describing the problem mathematically using the thermodiffusive model with constant density and then adopted a finite elements approach to solve the problem numerically. The study has shown that the role of flow on flame propagation is determined by three main parameters, namely, flow amplitude A, strain rate ε, and fuel Lewis number LeF. For LeF ≥ 1, the flow is seen to promote flame extinction, while LeF < 1 the flow clearly enhances the flame reactivity. Qualitatively, it has been shown that for LeF = 1, there exists a critical value of A (that varies with ε) below which the reactivity decreases monotonically with A. For small LeF < 1, on the other hand, the reactivity was seen to increase with A. For LeF > 1, however, a nonmonotonic dependence, especially for small ε, is predicted.
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