Validation of a turbulent flame speed model across combustion regimes

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-308

  Kolla, H ^a   Rogerson, J W ^a   Swaminathan, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Propagation Speed; Turbulent Flame Speed

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; COMBUSTION REGIME; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLAME BRUSH; FLAME CONFIGURATION; FLAME SPEED; LAMINAR FLAME SPEED; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MEAN CURVATURE; MODEL CONSTANTS; PROPAGATION SPEED; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RMS VELOCITIES; SCALAR MIXING; SMALL SCALE; SQUARE-ROOT; SQUARE-ROOT DEPENDENCE; TURBULENT FLAME; TURBULENT FLAME SPEED; WEAK TURBULENCE;

FLAMMABILITY; FORECASTING; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; SETTLING TANKS; SPEED; TURBULENCE;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 77949514164     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200903341587     Document Type: Article

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