Combustion and stabilization characteristics of a branched flame under Helmholtz-type excitations

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-228

  Chao, Yei Chin ^a   Hsu, Hung Wei ^a   Chen, Guan Bang ^a   Tseng, Zhao Hway ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FLAMMABILITY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; JETS; PROBABILITY;

BRANCHED FLAME; HELMHOLTZ-TYPE EXCITATIONS; STABILIZATION CHARACTERISTICS;

FLAME RESEARCH;

COMBUSTION; FLAME; VORTEX RING;

EID: 0347740585     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003480100292     Document Type: Article

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