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Numerical simulations of a partially-premixed, turbulent jet diffusion flame stabilised in a hot vitiated co-flow are performed. For auto-igniting flames, an accurate prediction of flame stabilisation, which depends on a delicate balance…
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Transport and mixing in dynamical systems are important properties for many physical, chemical, biological, and engineering processes. The detection of transport barriers for dynamics with general time dependence is a difficult, but…
A FLIP device gives cross-sectional area along the length of the esophagus and one pressure measurement, both as a function of time. Deducing mechanical properties of the esophagus including wall material properties, contraction strength,…
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The statistical tools needed to obtain a mass function from realistic collapse time estimates are presented. Collapse dynamics has been dealt with in paper I of this series by means of the powerful Lagrangian perturbation theory and the…
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