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Flame–Acoustic Interaction: Thermoacoustic and Parametric Instabilities

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In previous chapters, we considered flame dynamics in homogeneous unbounded fuel mixtures. A more common situation is a flame propagating in a closed combustion chamber.

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Liberman, M.A. (2021). Flame–Acoustic Interaction: Thermoacoustic and Parametric Instabilities. In: Combustion Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85139-2_6

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