Comparison of the flame characteristics of turbulent circular and elliptic jets in a crossflow

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-203

  Gollahalli, Subramanyam R ^a   Pardiwalla, Darius ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPOSITION; FLAMMABILITY; QUARTZ; THERMOCOUPLES; TURBULENT FLOW;

GAS JETS;

JETS;

EID: 0036759104     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1488170     Document Type: Article

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