Flame front curvature distributions in a turbulent premixed flame zone

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 115-144

  Ashurst, Wm T ^a   Shepherd, I G ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flame front curvature; Navier Stokes turbulence; Scaling factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001142348     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102209708935642     Document Type: Article

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