The structure of flame filaments in chaotic flows

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 67-81

  Kiss, I Z ^a   Merkin, J H ^a   Scott, S K ^a   Simon, P L ^a   Kalliadasis, S ^a   Neufeld, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advection; Chaotic mixing; Combustion; Steady fronts

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMBUSTION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLAME RESEARCH; LYAPUNOV METHODS;

FLAME FILAMENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037441050     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(02)00741-8     Document Type: Article

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