Extinction of a stagnation-point diffusion flame at reduced gravity

AIAA Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1987, Pages 972-976

  Foutch, David W ^a,b   T’ien, James S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATERIALS - FLAMMABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DIFFUSION FLAME EXTINCTION;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 0023385479     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.9730     Document Type: Article

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