Effects of turbulence and flame instability on flame front evolution

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Yuan, Jiao ^a   Ju, Yiguang ^a   Law, Chung K ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer turbulence; Chemically reactive flow; Flames; Flow instability

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; CHEMICALLY REACTIVE FLOW; FLOW INSTABILITY;

FLAME RESEARCH;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FLAME RESEARCH; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33750591779     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2359744     Document Type: Article

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