H2/air autoignition: The nature and interaction of the developing explosive modes

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 382-433

  Diamantis, Dimitris J ^a   Mastorakos, Epaminondas ^b   Goussis, Dimitris A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asymptotics; computational singular perturbation; explosive modes; hydrogen oxidation; ignition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IGNITION; INITIATORS (EXPLOSIVES); MIXTURES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMIC TOOLS; ASYMPTOTICS; CHEMICAL KINETICS MECHANISMS; COMPUTATIONAL SINGULAR PERTURBATION; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; HYDROGEN OXIDATION; IGNITION DELAY TIME; INITIATION REACTIONS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84929265649     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: 17413559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13647830.2015.1027273     Document Type: Article

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