Combustion instability (Rayleigh)

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the Combustion Chemistry subtree

Rayleigh criterion: instability grows when heat release in-phase with pressure; thermo-acoustic limit cycles in rocket engines, gas-turbines, domestic boilers; Helmholtz / longitudinal modes.

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