A unified framework for nonlinear combustion instability analysis based on the flame describing function

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 615, Issue , 2008, Pages 139-167

  Noiray, N ^a   Durox, D ^a   Schuller, T ^a   Candel, S ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESCRIBING FUNCTIONS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DUCTS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; STABILITY;

COMBUSTION INSTABILITIES; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; FLAME DESCRIBING FUNCTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; MULTIPOINT INJECTIONS; NON-LINEAR STABILITIES; NONLINEAR DISPERSION RELATION; NONLINEAR INSTABILITY;

COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; EIGENVALUE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INSTABILITY;

EID: 56149098999     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008003613     Document Type: Article

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