Origin of lean blowout precursors in swirled gas turbine combustors

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 10405-10416

  Muruganandam, Thiruchengode M ^a,b   Seitzman, Jerry M ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTION; GAS TURBINES; LIGHT SCATTERING; SWIRLING FLOW; VISUALIZATION;

BLOWOUT PRECURSORS; DROPLET SCATTERING; METHANE-AIR COMBUSTORS; REACTANTS;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 30744458847     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-1163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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