Measurements of fractal properties of premixed turbulent flames and their relation to turbulent burning velocities

Chinese Journal of Mechanics Series A (English Edition)

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-101

  Yang, S I ^a   Shy, S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Inner and outer cutoffs; Premixed turbulent combustion; Turbulent burning velocities

Indexed keywords

FANS; FLAME RESEARCH; FRACTALS; GAS BURNERS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; PROPANE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

CRUCIFORM BURNER; KARLOVITZ NUMBER; TURBULENT BURNING VELOCITIES; TURBULENT FLAMES; TURBULENT INTENSITY;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0037789289     PISSN: 10174370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1727719100003166     Document Type: Article

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