Effect of a fire plume on suppression spray droplet motion

Atomization and Sprays

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 563-577

  Schwille, John A ^a   Lueptow, Richard M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; NOZZLES; SPRAYING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DROPLET; DROPLET TRAJECTORIES; FIRE SUPPRESSION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV);

FUEL INJECTION;

DROP FORMATION; FUEL INJECTION; NOZZLES; SPRAYING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33748325900     PISSN: 10445110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/AtomizSpr.v16.i5.60     Document Type: Article

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