Lean blowoff of bluff body stabilized flames: Scaling and dynamics

Progress in Energy and Combustion Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-120

  Shanbhogue, Santosh J ^a   Husain, Sajjad ^a   Lieuwen, Tim ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Blowoff; Damk hler number; Edge flames; Extinction strain rate; Static stability

Indexed keywords

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); CORRELATION METHODS; DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; MECHANICS; METAL RECOVERY; PAPER; STRAIN RATE; THEOREM PROVING; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES;

BLOWOFF; BLOWOFF LIMITS; BLUFF BODIES; CHEMICAL TIMES; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; EDGE FLAMES; EXTINCTION STRAIN RATE; FLAME SHEETS; FLOW INSTABILITIES; KEY FEATURES; LEAN BLOWOFFS; LOCAL EXTINCTIONS; SEPARATED SHEAR LAYERS; SHEAR LAYERS; STATIC STABILITY; WAKE FLOWS;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 57049106231     PISSN: 03601285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pecs.2008.07.003     Document Type: Review

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