Ignition characteristics of turbulent jet flows

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 917-923

  Alvani, R F ^a   Fairweather, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Dispersion; Flammable materials; Ignition probability; Prescribed probability density function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPLOSIONS; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; IGNITION; PROBABILITY; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

TURBULENT JET FLOWS;

JETS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLAME; FLAMMABILITY; JET FLOW; SAFETY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0036876650     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387602321143471     Document Type: Article

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