Study of transient effects on the extinction limits of an unsteady counterflow diffusion flame

Combustion science and technology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-84

  Decroix, Michele E ^a   Roberts, William L ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN GASES; FLAME RESEARCH; STRAIN RATE; UNSTEADY FLOW;

COUNTERFLOW FLAMES; FLAME EXTINCTION;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0033328632     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102209908924208     Document Type: Article

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