Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Multicomponent Droplets and Two- and Three-Dimensional Measurements in Flames.

Abstract

Significant progress has been made in the following two research areas: (1) Nonlinear spectroscopy of micrometer-sized multicomponent droplets; and (2) Two- and three-dimensional scalar and velocity mapping. Optical diagnostics that have the potential of providing information on chemical species and temperature of multicomponent liquid droplets have been developed. A brief summary of the research accomplishments in the following three areas: (1) droplet temperature determination with thermochromic dyes; (2) enhancement of stimulated Raman scattering from droplets for identifying chemical species; and (3) modification of droplet lasing characteristics by injection seeding and Q-switching. Progress has been made in developing and applying a technique for obtaining mixture fraction and scalar dissipation in a variety of turbulent nonpremixed flames. The data from these experiments are of use for modeling these complex systems. In premixed flames, simultaneous velocity/scalar images were obtained, along with full three-dimensional gradient and OH information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 22, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326207

Entities

People

  • Marshall B. Long
  • Richard K. Chang

Organizations

  • Yale University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Alcohols
  • Birds
  • Combustion
  • Detectors
  • Dye Lasers
  • Elastic Scattering
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.