Effect of thermo- and diffusiophoretic forces on the motion of flame-generated particles in the neighbourhood of burning droplets in microgravity conditions

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 459, Issue 2031, 2003, Pages 677-703

  Ben Dor, G ^a   Elperin, T ^a   Krasovitov, B ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diffusiophoresis; Droplet combustion; Microgravity; Soot particles; Thermophoresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENT; FORCE; HEAT LOSS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROGRAVITY; MOTION; PHORESIS; SOOT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 1542516298     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2002.1044     Document Type: Article

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