Control of combustion dynamics in a swirl-stabilized combustor with nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges

51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Moeck, Jonas P ^a   Lacoste, Deanna A ^b   Laux, Christophe O ^b   Paschereit, Christian Oliver ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; FEEDBACK CONTROL;

COMBUSTION DYNAMICS; COMBUSTION OSCILLATION; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; FEEDBACK CONTROL SCHEMES; OSCILLATION AMPLITUDE; PRESSURE PULSATION; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; REPETITIVELY PULSED DISCHARGE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 85087598216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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