Influence of the Damköhler number on turbulence-scalar interaction in premixed flames. I. Physical insight

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Chakraborty, N ^a   Swaminathan, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; STATISTICS; STRAIN RATE; TURBULENCE;

PREMIXED FLAMES; TURBULENCE-SCALAR INTERACTION;

FLAME RESEARCH;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLAME RESEARCH; FLUID DYNAMICS; STATISTICS; STRAIN RATE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34248203672     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2714070     Document Type: Article

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