Control of combustion oscillations

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 157-184

  Emiris, I ^a   Whitelaw, J H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Control; Extinction and relight; Oscillations; Premixed

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; AIR; FLAME RESEARCH; FUELS; METHANE; OSCILLATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STOICHIOMETRY;

EQUIVALENCE RATIOS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0344514739     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200302363     Document Type: Article

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