Behavior of a polydisperse cluster of interacting drops evaporating in an inviscid vortex

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 899-925

  Harstad, K ^a   Bellan, J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop clusters; Evaporation; Multiphase; Polydisperse

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; DISPERSIONS; DROP BREAKUP; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VORTEX FLOW;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POLYDISPERSE DROP CLUSTERS;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0031236254     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9322(97)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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