Investigation of instabilities in a lean, premixed step combustor

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-88

  Cohen, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Wake, Brian E ^a,b   Choi, Dochul ^a,b  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Systems Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS TURBINES; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL METHODS; STOICHIOMETRY;

EQUIVALENCE RATIO; HEAT RELEASE RATE; PREMIXED STEP COMBUSTOR;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 0037273933     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6083     Document Type: Article

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