Time-resolved planar laser induced fluorescence of laser ignition of a methane/air mixture

34th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  El Rabii, H ^a   Thevenin D ^a   Rolon, J C ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE EM2C   (France)

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Indexed keywords

AXIAL CONTRACTIONS; ENERGY DENSITY; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; KERNEL DEVELOPMENT; LASER IGNITION; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; REACTIVE ZONES; SPARK IGNITION;

FREE RADICALS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

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EID: 84897699223     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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