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Old 10-31-2009, 08:28 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I flagged an article about mathematicians working on combustion dynamics utilizing fractals formally only of theoretical interest.I think its MIT doing the research.
Looks like no stone will remain un-turned.
Cool pics! Thanks!
One of them is a video, it just embedded as a pic and a video for some reason. The top one will stream about 30 seconds, in case you didn't watch it. It's very interesting to see the red/orange flame around the valve, noticing how inefficient the combustion is in that area. That appears to be good territory for detonation events to occur.
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