Structure and extinction of heptane/air partially premixed flames

AIAA Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2289-2297

  Xue, Hongshe ^a   Aggarwal, Suresh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUELS; HEPTANE; STRAIN;

PARTIALLY PREMIXED FLAMES;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 0036849253     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.1565     Document Type: Article

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