Precession and recirculation in turbulent swirling isothermal jets

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 176, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 645-665

  Al Abdeli, Yasir M ^a,b   Masri, Assaad R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Image processing; LDV; Precession; Recirculation; Visualization; Vortex breakdown

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLOW PATTERNS; FUEL BURNERS; PRODUCT DESIGN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE; VISUALIZATION; VORTEX FLOW;

ISOTHERMAL JETS; PRECESSION; RECIRCULATION; VORTEX BREAKDOWN;

JETS;

EID: 1642440338     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200490427883     Document Type: Conference Paper

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