Ninth International Workshop
on
Measurement and Computation of Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames
July 31–August 2, 2008
Scope
The TNF Workshop series facilitates collaboration and information exchange among experimental and computational researchers in the field of turbulent combustion. While our emphasis is on turbulence-chemistry interaction in nonpremixed and partially premixed flame, the workshop is evolving to also include target flames with premixed and stratified combustion, such that models may be validated across a broad range of combustion regimes.
Background
The 1st TNF Workshop was held in Naples, Italy in July 1996, before the 26th Combustion Symposium, with a purpose of identifying experimental data sets and establishing guidelines for collaborative comparisons of measured and calculated results. Subsequent workshops were held in Heppenheim, Germany (1997), Boulder, Colorado (1998), Darmstadt, Germany (1999), Delft, The Netherlands (2000), Sapporo, Japan (2002), Chicago, Illinois (2004) and Heidelberg, Germany (2006). Proceedings are available through the TNF Workshop home page.
Objectives
- Provide an effective framework for comparison of measured and modeled results.
- Establish a series of benchmark experiments and calculations that cover a progression in geometric and chemical kinetic complexity.
- Understand the capabilities and limitations of various combustion models and submodels.
- Identify priorities for further collaborative research.
We emphasize that this is not a competition, but rather a means of identifying areas for potential improvements in a variety of modeling approaches. This collaborative process benefits from contributions by participants having different areas of expertise, including velocity measurements, scalar measurements, computational methods, turbulence modeling, chemical kinetics, reduced mechanisms, mixing models, LES subgrid models, radiation, and combustion theory.
TNF9 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
R.S. Barlow, R.W. Bilger, J.-Y. Chen, A. Dreizler, J. Janicka, A. Kempf, R.P. Lindstedt,
A.R. Masri, J.C. Oefelein, H. Pitsch, S.B. Pope, D. Roekaerts and L. Vervisch.
SUPPORT:
Partial support for organization of the TNF9 Workshop is provided by Sandia National Laboratories, with funding from the United States Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, and by the Technical University of Darmstadt, with funding from SFB-568. Sponsors are acknowledged on the sponsor page