CFD modeling and comparison with data from the NIST reference spray combustor

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

Volumn 369, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 81-90

  Crocker, D Scott ^a   Widmann, John F ^b   Presser, Cary ^b  

^a CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPRAY COMBUSTORS; SPRAY IMAGES;

ATOMIZERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LAMINAR FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SPRAYING; TURBULENCE;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 0347515042     PISSN: 02725673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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