Theory of flame histories in droplet combustion at small stoichiometric fuel-air ratios

AIAA journal

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1426-1435

  Fachini, F F ^a,c,d   Linan A ^b,c   Williams, F A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Lab de Combustao e Propulsao   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DROP FORMATION; FLAME RESEARCH; FUEL INJECTION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BURKE-SCHUMANN FLAME; LEWIS NUMBER;

AIRCRAFT FUELS;

EID: 0343602819     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.618     Document Type: Article

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