Nonlinear effects in the extraction of laminar flame speeds from expanding spherical flames

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1844-1851

  Kelley, A P ^a   Law, C K ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Butane; Flame speed extrapolation; Laminar flame speed; Markstein length; Propagating spherical flame

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLAME CONFIGURATION; FLAME PROPAGATION; FLAME SPEED; FLAME SPEED EXTRAPOLATION; FLAME STRETCH; IGNITION ENERGIES; IGNITION TRANSIENT; INITIAL PRESSURE; LAMINAR FLAME; LAMINAR FLAME SPEED; MARKSTEIN LENGTH; MARKSTEIN LENGTHS; NON-LINEAR VARIATION; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR NATURE; NONLINEAR RELATIONS; PRESSURE COMBUSTION; PROPAGATING SPHERICAL FLAME; SPHERICAL FLAMES; STRETCH RATE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUTANE; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; EXTRAPOLATION; FLAMMABILITY; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; IGNITION; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; SPEED; SPHERES; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

FLAME RESEARCH;

BUTANE;

ACCURACY; AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; FIRE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 68049118962     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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