Initiation of combustion of a CH 4-O 2 mixture in a supersonic flow with excitation of O 2 molecules by an electric discharge

Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-261

  Starik, A M ^a   Lukhovitskii, B I ^a   Titova, N S ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AVIATION MOTORS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chain reactions; Combustion; Electric discharge; Excited molecules; Ignition

Indexed keywords

INITIATION (ELECTRIC DISCHARGES);

METHANE; NONMETALS;

OXYGEN;

EID: 47749134561     PISSN: 00105082     EISSN: 15738345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10573-008-0032-y     Document Type: Article

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