Direct numerical simulation of reacting scalar mixing layers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1450-1465

  De Bruyn Kops, S M ^a   Riley, J J ^a   Kosaly G ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STOICHIOMETRY;

SCHMIDT NUMBER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MIXING LAYER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0035340307     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1359185     Document Type: Article

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