Extinction and reignition in a diffusion flame: A direct numerical simulation study

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 518, Issue , 2004, Pages 231-259

  Sripakagorn, Paiboon ^a   Mitarai, Satoshi ^a   Kosály, George ^a   Pitsch, Heinz ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY; TURBULENCE;

FLAME DIFFUSION; ISOTROPIC DECAYING; REIGNITION;

FLUID MECHANICS;

DIFFUSION; FLAME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICS;

EID: 8644265080     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004001004     Document Type: Article

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