International Journal of Reacting Systems
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 461059, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/461059
Research Article

Observations on Jet-Flame Blowout

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910, USA

Received 29 August 2007; Revised 16 November 2007; Accepted 14 January 2008

Academic Editor: Ishwar K. Puri

Copyright © 2008 N. J. Moore et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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