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Combustion waves and fronts in flows : flames, shocks, detonations, ablation fronts and explosion of stars /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clavin, Paul (Author), Searby, Geoff, 1945- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Chemical reactions.
Combustion.
Dynamics.
Fluid mechanics.
Nonlinear theories.
Waves.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • General considerations
  • Laminar premixed flames
  • Turbulent premixed flames
  • Gaseous shocks and detonations
  • Chemical kinetics of combustion
  • Laser-driven ablation front in ICF
  • Explosion of massive stars
  • Planar flames
  • Flame kernels and flame balls
  • Wrinkled flames
  • Ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability
  • Shock waves and detonations
  • Statistical physics
  • Chemistry
  • Flows.