Wednesday, February 12, 2020

IIT Madras: candle flame oscillators shine light on combustor stability

Source: THE HINDU-9th February,2020


Studying flames of candle bunches, the team understood how combustors used in rockets work

Using stacks of candles tied together, and studying pairs, and quartets, of such candles, an IIT Madras team of researchers has come up with interesting inputs that will help in building combustors in rockets.