The spatial structure of a swirling turbulent flow has been investigated
based on the three-component laser Doppler anemometry method in an
isothermal laboratory model of a four-vortex furnace. The structure of the
vortex cores of the flow with the shape of a deformed vertical elliptical
cylinder is visualized using the ?minimum total pressure? criterion. The
spectrum of velocity pulsations indicates the absence of unsteady periodic
vortex structures, which means the occurrence of a stable vortex flow in the
volume of the combustion chamber.