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Original Articles

Turbulent Structure Dynamics of Buoyant and Non-Buoyant Pulsed Jet Diffusion Flames

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Pages 309-330 | Received 22 Jan 2009, Accepted 24 Sep 2009, Published online: 03 Mar 2010

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