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Numerical investigation of flame propagation and extinction in a vertical channel

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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, No. 4, pp. 18–26, July–August, 1992.

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Makhviladze, G.M., Melikhov, V.I. Numerical investigation of flame propagation and extinction in a vertical channel. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 33, 494–500 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00864271

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