Numerical study of inlet and geometry effects on discharge coefficients for liquid jet emanating from a plain-orifice atomizer

Journal of Mechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 153-161

  Yeh, Chun Lang ^a  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CSF method; Discharge coefficient; Plain orifice atomizer; VOF method

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ORIFICES; PHASE INTERFACES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION; TURBULENCE;

CONTINUUM SURFACE FORCE; LIQUID GAS INTERFACE; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

JETS;

EID: 0038537439     PISSN: 17277191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1727719100002124     Document Type: Article

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