Combustion Diagnostics by Nonintrusive Methods

This book represents a break with the tradition of previous thermophysics volumes by highlighting papers in only one fundamental subject area: combustion diagnostics by nonintrusive spectroscopic methods. Previous volumes have usually presented a broad selection of papers from AIAA thermophysics sessions, representing the spectrum of current research interests. The focus here is of current research interest in its own right, and the techniques being developed are finding broad acceptance as standard tools within the combustion and thermophysics research communities. The papers selected cover both research currently being conducted with these nonintrusive techniques and recent advances in the techniques themselves. This volume outlines the state-of-the-art of two basic techniques: coherent antistokes Raman scattering (CARS) and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) - and it demonstrates current diagnostic capabilities in two application areas, particle and combustion diagnostics.