Investigation on the drop size distribution of sprays produced by a high-pressure swirl injector. Measurements and application of the maximum entropy formalism

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-49

  Boyaval, Stéphane ^a   Dumouchel, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; ATOMIZERS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DOPPLER EFFECT; ENTROPY; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION; HIGH PRESSURE SWIRL INJECTOR; MAXIMUM ENTROPY FORMALISM; SPATIAL DENSITY;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035332229     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4117(200102)18:1<33::AID-PPSC33>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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