A priori analysis of the curvature and propagation terms of the flame surface density transport equation for large eddy simulation

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Chakraborty, Nilanjan ^a   Cant, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DISPLACEMENT SPEED; FLAME SURFACE DENSITY; SUBGRID CURVATURE TERM;

FLAME RESEARCH;

COMBUSTION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLAME RESEARCH; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 35748961428     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2772326     Document Type: Article

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