2 papers
math.AP2026
On shifting the thermal explosion threshold by a vortical flow in dimension two
Tianyi Guo, Peter V. Gordon
This paper is concerned with a study of a natural generalization of a classical Frank-Kamenetskii model of thermal explosion in the presence of a vortical flow in a two dimensional…
physics.flu-dyn2026
On initiation of detonation in large fuel-air clouds
Leonid Kagan, Peter V. Gordon, Gregory Sivashinsky
The proposed study is motivated by experimental evidence, dating back to 1985, demonstrating the possibility of deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) in a fuel-air cloud. The…