Intrinsic flame instabilities in premixed and nonpremixed combustion

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2007, Pages 163-191

  Matalon, Moshe ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular flames; Diffusive thermal instability; Edge flames; Flame oscillation; Hydrodynamic instability; Large scale explosions; Premixed flames diffusion flames

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; HEAT LOSSES; HYDRODYNAMICS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CELLULAR FLAMES; DIFFUSIVE-THERMAL INSTABILITY; EDGE-FLAMES; FLAME OSCILLATION; LARGE-SCALE EXPLOSIONS; PREMIXED FLAMES DIFFUSION FLAMES;

FLAME RESEARCH;

COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; FLAME RESEARCH; HEAT LOSSES; HYDRODYNAMICS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

COMBUSTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 33846837403     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.38.050304.092153     Document Type: Article

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