Molecular mixing and flowfield measurements in a recirculating shear flow. Part I: Subsonic flow

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-292

  Bergthorson, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Johnson, Michael B ^a   Bonanos, Aristides M ^a   Slessor, Michael ^a   Su, Wei Jen ^a   Dimotakis, Paul E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backward facing step; Mixing; Recirculation; Shear layer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD-FACING STEP; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; FLAMEHOLDING; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; FLOW FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOW-FIELD; HEAT RELEASE; MASS FLUX; MASS INJECTION; MOLECULAR MIXING; OVERALL PRESSURE COEFFICIENT; RE-ENTRANT JET; RECIRCULATION; RECIRCULATION ZONES; SHEAR LAYER; STEP FLOW; STREAM VELOCITY; TWO-PART SERIES; VARIABLE MASS; VOLUME MODELS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FACINGS; FLOW FIELDS; FLUORINE; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC POLYMERS; TURBULENCE;

MIXING;

EID: 68949202408     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: 15731987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-009-9200-8     Document Type: Article

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