Bounds on enhanced turbulent flame speeds for combustion with fractal velocity fields

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 933-954

  Majda, Andrew J ^a   Souganidis, Panagiotis E ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Fractal fields; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030553393     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02179550     Document Type: Article

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