Infiltration of air into a flare system can lead to flame. burnback (also called flashback), which can initiate a. destructive detonation in the system. Burnback is one of. the primary modes of premature failure of a flare tip, and. can often be observed only at night. Air can enter the flare. system in one or more ways: through the stack exit by. buoyant exchange, wind action, or contraction of gases. due to cooling; through leaks in piping connections; or as.
Scale factor. The amount by which the image grows or shrinks is called the Scale Factor. Experiment with the scale factor slider to gets a feel for this idea. 1  If the scale factor is say 2, the image is enlarged so its dimensions are twice the original. 2  If it is 0.5, the image is reduced, with its dimensions half the original. 3  When the scale factor is 1, the image is the exact same size as the original.
dilation is a transformation (notation) that produces an image that is the same shape as the original, but is a different size. A dilation stretches or shrinks the original figure. The description of a dilation includes the scale factor (or ratio) and the center of the dilation.The center of dilation is a fixed point in the plane about which all points are expanded or contracted. It is the only invariant point under a dilation. dilation of scalar factor k whose center of dilation is the origin may be written: Dk (x, y) = (kx, ky). If the scale factor, k, is greater than 1, the image is an enlargement (a stretch). If the scale factor is between 0 and 1, the image is a reduction (a shrink).