Numerical simulations of a lobed fuel injector

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2950-2964

  Strickland, J H ^a   Selerland, T ^b   Karagozian, A R ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; STRAIN RATE; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

LOBED FUEL INJECTOR; PARTICLE STRENGTH EXCHANGE METHOD; STREAMWISE VORTICITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0032209212     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869815     Document Type: Article

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