On the alignment of strain, vorticity and scalar gradient in turbulent, buoyant, nonpremixed flames

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2260-2267

  Boratav, O N ^a   Elghobashi, S E ^a   Zhong, R ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

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EID: 0000816967     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869747     Document Type: Article

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