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Secrets of spinning ‘blue whirl’ flames revealed by fluid simulations

01 Sep 2020
Blue whirl
Three in one: photograph of a blue whirl flame. (Courtesy: University of Maryland)
“Blue whirls” are small, spinning flames that were first spotted in 2016. Now computer s

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