Dynamics of laminar premixed flames forced by harmonic velocity disturbances

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1390-1402

  Preetham, ^a   Santosh, H ^b   Lieuwen, Tim ^b,c  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c School of Aerospace Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS;

BURNING VELOCITY; COMPUTATIONAL SOLUTIONS; FLAME PROPAGATION; HARMONIC VELOCITY; LAMINAR PREMIXED FLAMES; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NON-UNIFORMITIES; NONLINEAR TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 56249093511     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.35432     Document Type: Article

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