Studies of spray breakup and mixture stratification in a Gasoline Direct Injection engine using KIVA-3V

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Internal Combustion Engine Division (Publication) ICE

Volumn 32, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Assanis, Dennis N ^b   Hong, Sang Jin ^b   Nishimura, Akihiro ^b   Papageorgakis, George ^a,b   Vanzieleghem, Bruno ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; GASOLINE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SPARK PLUGS; TURBULENT FLOW;

GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION ENGINES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE KIVA-3V;

IGNITION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0343826916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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