Simulations of turbulent non-premixed counterflow flames with first-order conditional moment closure

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-162

  Kim, I S ^a   Mastorakos, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditional moment closure; Counterflow flames; Extinction limit

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESS ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CONDITIONAL MOMENT CLOSURE; COUNTERFLOW FLAMES; EXTINCTION LIMIT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FIRST-ORDER CONDITIONAL MOMENT CLOSURE (CMC);

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33744934247     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: 15731987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-006-9009-7     Document Type: Article

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