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A Mechanism for Flame Acceleration in Narrow Tubes

James D. Ott

Combustion Research and Flow Technology, Dublin, Pennsylvania 18917

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Elaine S. Oran

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375

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John D. Anderson Jr.

National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560-0312

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Published Online:17 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/2.2088

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