Structure and flame length of fully-modulated, turbulent diffusion flames in microgravity

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Hermanson, J C ^a   Sangras, R ^a   Ghaem Maghami, E ^a   Johari, H ^a   Stacker, D P ^b   Hegde, U G ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BUOYANCY; ETHYLENE; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

ATMOSPHERE PRESSURE; ELONGATED STRUCTURES; ENSEMBLE-AVERAGED; INJECTION TIME; MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS; NORMAL GRAVITIES; TURBULENT DIFFUSION FLAME; TURBULENT JET;

MICROGRAVITY;

EID: 85088180931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-1076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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