Effects of gravity on turbulent nonpremixed flames

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3123-3135

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

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; STRAIN; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BUOYANT FLAMES; TURBULENT NONPREMIXED FLAMES;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 0032613444     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870170     Document Type: Article

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