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Stability of Laminar Diffusion Flames in Compressible Mixing Layers

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This review examines the question of stability of laminar diffusion flames embedded in compressible mixing layers. Since stability characteristics depends on the structure of the mean flow, the first portion of this review will discuss our current understanding of the structure of diffusion flames in compressible mixing layers. The second portion of this review will discuss our present understanding of the stability of these flows. In both sections a number of important and little understood problems are also discussed.

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Jackson, T.L. (1992). Stability of Laminar Diffusion Flames in Compressible Mixing Layers. In: Hussaini, M.Y., Kumar, A., Voigt, R.G. (eds) Major Research Topics in Combustion. ICASE/NASA LaRC Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2884-4_8

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