Large-eddy simulation of realistic gas turbine combustors

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 698-708

  Moin, P ^a,b,c   Apte, S V ^a,b,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Integrated Turbulence Simulations   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPLET EVAPORATION; FUEL ATOMIZATION; TURBULENT COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; EDDY CURRENTS; GAS TURBINES; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 33646385892     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.14606     Document Type: Article

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