Dynamics of Non-reacting and Reacting Flows Past Bluff Bodies Uddalok Sen, Sourav Sarkar, Sombuddha Bagchi, Achintya Mukhopadhyay and Swarnendu Sen Keywords Bluff-body · Fluid injection · Vortex shedding · Flame stabilization · Proper orthogonal decomposition List of Symbols C L Lift coefficient D Diameter of the cylinder f Frequency of vortex shedding F L Lift force p Pressure Re Reynolds number St Stokes number T b Temperature of the burnt gas U. Sen Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA e-mail: uddalok.sen.us@gmail.com S. Sarkar · S. Bagchi · A. Mukhopadhyay (B ) · S. Sen Mechanical Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India e-mail: achintya.mukho@gmail.com S. Sarkar e-mail: souravsarkar.iitm@gmail.com S. Bagchi e-mail: sombuddha.bagchi@gmail.com S. Sen e-mail: sen.swarnendu@gmail.com © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 A. K. Gupta et al. (eds.), Innovations in Sustainable Energy and Cleaner Environment, Green Energy and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9012-8_18 411