Microgravity laminar diffusion flame in a perpendicular fuel and oxidizer stream configuration

AIAA Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1725-1733

  Brahmi, L ^a,d   Vietoris, T ^a,d   Rouvreau, S ^a,d   Joulain, P ^a,d   David, L ^b,e   Torero, J L ^c,f  

^a Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechniques   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Laboratoire de Combustion et de Détonique   (France)

^e Laboratoire d'Etude Aérodynamique   (France)

^f Inst for Infrastructure and Environment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; FUEL INJECTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; OXIDATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EXPANSION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DIFFUSION FLAMES; LAMINAR DIFFUSION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; POROUS FLAT PLATES;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 24144485985     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13442     Document Type: Article

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