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A portable hand-driven solid-fuel device for generating fire whirls

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A simple portable solid-fuel device for generating fire whirls is described. This device is suitable for studying the dynamics of fire whirls under laboratory and field conditions.

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  1. Sarov Institute of Physics and Technology, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod oblast, 607188, Russia

    D. V. Vyalykh, A. E. Dubinov, D. Yu. Kolotkov, I. L. L’vov, S. A. Sadovoi & E. A. Sadchikov

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  1. D. V. Vyalykh
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  4. I. L. L’vov
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Original Russian Text © D.V. Vyalykh, A.E. Dubinov, D.Yu. Kolotkov, I.L. L’vov, S.A. Sadovoi, E.A. Sadchikov, 2013, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2013, No. 3, pp. 109–111.

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Vyalykh, D.V., Dubinov, A.E., Kolotkov, D.Y. et al. A portable hand-driven solid-fuel device for generating fire whirls. Instrum Exp Tech 56, 347–348 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441213030111

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