3 Credit Hours

This course is a continuation of Fluid Dynamics of Combustion I. It covers topics related to combustion, including homogeneous and heterogeneous phase combustion, which are relevant to research and applications. Topics include laminar and diffusion flame theories and computations, detonation waves and high-speed combustion, turbulent combustion, droplet and solid fuel combustion, and special topics relevant to emerging areas of combustion: experimental methods, combustion technologies, and novel applications of artificial intelligence.

Prerequisites

Fluid Dynamics Of Combustion I (MAE 504).

Course Objectives

This course introduces advanced concepts in combustion as related to modern applications and research in combustion through modern theories, modeling. Traditional material in typical advanced combustion courses (laminar and diffusion flames theories, turbulent combustion and heterogeneous combustion) will be augmented by the addition of special topics that introduce emerging areas of combustion research. The student is expected to gain critical analysis skills of the topics studied.

Course Requirements

Homework
Mini-projects
Final project

Textbooks

Reference Material (not required):

• Online resources: Combustion Energy Frontier Research Center Summer School (https://cefrc.princeton.edu/combustion-summer-school).
• Chung K. Law, Combustion Physics, First Ed., Cambridge University Press, 2006 (accessible as an e-book through the library site).
• N. Peters, Turbulent Combustion, First Ed., Cambridge University Press, 2000 (accessible as an e- book through the library site).
• T. Echekki & E. Mastorakos (Eds), Turbulent Combustion Modeling, Springer, 2011 (accessible as an e-book through the library site).
• Kenneth K. Kuo & Ragini Acharya, Fundamentals of Turbulent and Multiphase Combustion Processes, Wiley, 2012 (accessible as an e-book through the library site).
• Online Journals: Combustion and Flame, Combustion Science and Technology, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science (NC State has a subscription to these journals), and Combustion Theory and Modeling (NC State does not have a subscription to this journal).

Updated: 12/28/2025.