Are premixed turbulent stagnation flames equivalent to fully developed ones? A computational study

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 3-26

  Lipatnikov, A N ^a   Chomiak, J ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flame speed; Premixed turbulent combustion; Stagnation flames

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLAMMABILITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

BURNING VELOCITY; FLAME SPEED; MEAN FLAME BRUSH THICKNESS; PREMIXED TURBULENT STAGNATION FLAMES; STAGNATION FLAMES; ZIMONT MODEL;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0346910420     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713712956     Document Type: Article

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