Combustion Physics

Introduction; 1. Chemical thermodynamics; 2. Chemical kinetics; 3. Oxidation mechanisms of fuels; 4. Transport phenomena; 5. Conservation equations; 6. Laminar nonpremixed flames; 7. Laminar premixed flames; 8. Limit phenomena; 9. Asymptotic structure of flames; 10. Aerodynamics of laminar flames; 11. Combustion in turbulent flows; 12. Combustion in boundary layer flows; 13. Combustion in two-phase flows; 14. Combustion in supersonic flows; References.

Chung K. Law has been the Robert H. Goddard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University since 1995. His research interests are in combustion, propulsion, heat and mass transfer, and issues on energy and environment. He has published over 300 journal articles in these areas. For his research accomplishments he received the Curtis W. McGraw Research Award of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) in 1984 for outstanding early achievement in research, a silver medal of the Combustion Institute in 1990, the Propellants and Combustion Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) in 1994, the Heat Transfer Memorial Award, in science, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 1997, the Energy Systems Award and the Pendray Literature Award of the AIAA in 1999 and 2004 respectively, and several awards for best conference papers. He was named a highly cited researcher in engineering by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Professor Law is a former president of the Combustion Institute, a Fellow of the AIAA and the ASME, and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering.