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Flame spreading over liquid ethanol has been experimentally characterized for ethanol for subflash temperatures, in two different channels. Three different spreading regimes have been observed. A uniform region (with flame velocities close to 10 cm/s) appears for values of the initial surface liquid temperature above a critical value . For values an oscillatory regime occurs. For very low temperatures, , a new uniform regime appears with slow propagation velocities (close to 1 cm/s). The critical point has been described as a Hopf bifurcation, while resembles a homoclinic connection.
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Received 16 October 1998 and Received in final form 23 June 1999
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Degroote, E., Garcia-Ybarra, P. Flame spreading over liquid ethanol. Eur. Phys. J. B 13, 381–386 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050045
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050045