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The Phenomenon of Spontaneous Combustion

Spontaneous combustion is a sometimes mysterious and often misunderstood or misdiagnosed combustion of flammable materials. I am sure that many fires have been blamed on spontaneous combustion that ...
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Simulation and Analysis of Combustion and Heat Transfer in Low Heat Rejection Diesel Engine Using Two Zone Combustion Model and Different Heat Transfer Models

P. Tamilporai, N. Baluswamy, P. Mannar Jawahar, S. Subramaniyam, S. Chandrasekaran, K. Vijayan, S. Jaichandar, J. Janci Rani and K. Arunachalam A comprehensive ...
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Assessment of Wall Heat Transfer Models for Premixed-Charge Engine Combustion Computations

Two-dimensional computations of premixedcharge engine combustion were made using the KIVA-II code. The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of heat transfer and turbulence model boundary ...
Physics World

Fuel flow, pressure and heat fluctuations drive combustion oscillations in rocket engines

Flow velocity in the fuel/oxidizer injectors and combustion chamber during combustion oscillations in a model of a rocket engine. (Courtesy: Hiroshi Gotoda) Researchers in Japan have identified a ...