A numerical study of the unsteady burning behaviour of n-heptane droplets

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-280

  Cho, Seog Yeon ^a   Dryer, Frederick L ^b  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DROPLET; FLAME; FUEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0033150627     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1364-7830/3/2/004     Document Type: Article

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