Unsteady Combustor Physics

Tim C. Lieuwen is Regents' Professor and Executive Director of the Strategic Energy Institute at Georgia Technology. He is also the founder and CTO of TurbineLogic, an energy analytics firm. He has authored four books and over 350 other publications. Board positions include governing/advisory boards for Oak Ridge National Lab, Pacific Northwest National Lab, and the National Renewable Energy Lab, and appointment by the DOE Secretary to the National Petroleum Counsel. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of ASME and AIAA, and recipient of the AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award, and ASME's George Westinghouse Gold Medal.

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Overview of the Book; 1. Basic equations; 2. Decomposition and evolution of disturbances; 3. Hydrodynamic flow stability I: linear instability; 4. Hydrodynamic flow stability II: common combustor flowfields; 5. Acoustic wave propagation I – basic concepts; 6. Acoustic wave propagation II – heat release, complex geometry, and mean flow effects; 7. Flame sheet and flow interactions; 8. Ignition; 9. Internal flame processes; 10. Flame stabilization, flashback, flameholding, and blowoff; 11. Forced response I – flamelet dynamics; 12. Forced response II – heat release dynamics; Index.