Transient plasma ignition of hydrocarbon-air mixtures in pulse detonation engines

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 9376-9383

  Wang, F ^a   Jiang, C ^a   Kuthi, A ^a   Gundersen, M A ^a   Brophy, C ^b   Sinibaldi, J O ^b   Lee, L C ^c  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UTC Aerospace Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PULSE DETONATION ENGINE (PDE); SPARK SYSTEMS; TRANSIENT PLASMA IGNITION (TPI);

DETONATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ETHYLENE; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PROPANE; SHOCK WAVES; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSIENTS;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 2942756022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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