Development of a three-parameter volume-based spray drop size distribution through the application of the maximum entropy formalism

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 220-228

  Dumouchel, Christophe ^a   Malot, Hélène ^a  

^a Unité Mixte de Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

MAXIMUM ENTROPY FORMALISM (MEF);

AEROSOLS;

EID: 0033207497     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4117(199910)16:5<220::AID-PPSC220>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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