Interaction of turbulence and scalar fields in premixed flames

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Swaminathan, N ^a   Grout, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; STRAIN RATE; TURBULENT FLOW;

PREMIXED FLAMES; SCALAR FIELDS; TURBULENCE-SCALAR INTERACTION;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW INTERACTIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; STRAIN RATE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33745600160     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2186590     Document Type: Article

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