Unsteady flow structures in radial swirler fed fuel injectors

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 755-764

  Midgley, Kris ^a   Spencer, Adrian ^a   McGuirk, James J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUEL INJECTION; OSCILLATIONS; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

FED FUEL INJECTORS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; RADIAL SWIRLER; UNSTEADY FLOW STRUCTURES;

COMBUSTION;

FUEL INJECTION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; INSTABILITY; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 27144441997     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1925638     Document Type: Article

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