Combustion of moving droplets and suspended droplets: Transient numerical results

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-281

  Pope, Daniel N ^a,b,c   Howard, Damon ^a,b   Lu, Kun ^a,b   Gogos, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b N104 Walter Scott Engineering Center ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMBUSTION; DROP FORMATION; ENTHALPY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT RADIATION; KINEMATICS; OXYGEN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; VISCOSITY;

EVAPORATION CONSTANT; MOVING DROPLETS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRESSURE DIFFUSION; SUSPENDED DROPLETS;

LIQUID FUELS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 23244454633     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.12676     Document Type: Article

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