Structure of locally quenched swirl stabilized turbulent premixed flames

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 12183-12199

  Eggenspieler, G ^a   Menon, S ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUENCHING; RATE CONSTANTS; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBINES;

FLAME STRETCHING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); LEAN BLOW OUT (LBO); PREMIXED FLAMES;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 2942737114     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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