Assessing the predictive capabilities of combustion les as applied to the sydney flame series

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 513-547

  Olbricht, Clemens ^a   Ketelheun, Anja ^a   Hahn, Frederik ^a   Janicka, Johannes ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Large Eddy Simulation; Swirl flows; Sydney flame series; Turbulent combustion

Indexed keywords

BLUFF BODY; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION MODEL; COMBUSTION-LES; FLAMELET MODELING; FLAMELETS; FLOW FEATURES; FUEL COMPOSITIONS; ISOTHERMAL FLOWS; MASS FLUX; MEASURED DATA; MESH SIZE; MODELING STRATEGY; NON-PREMIXED; NON-PREMIXED FLAME; NONREACTING FLOW; PARTIALLY PREMIXED FLAMES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PREMIXED SWIRL; RECIRCULATIONS; SCALAR FIELDS; STRAIN RATE EFFECT; SWIRL FLOW; SWIRL NUMBERS; SYDNEY FLAME SERIES; TEST RIGS; TURBULENT COMBUSTION; UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY; VORTEX BREAKDOWN;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLAME RESEARCH; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRAIN RATE;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 78649442972     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: 15731987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-010-9300-5     Document Type: Article

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