A new formulation of the maximum entropy formalism to model liquid spray drop-size distribution

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 468-479

  Dumouchel, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution; Maximum entropy formalism; Nukiyama Tanasawa distribution; Spray

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; ENTROPY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPRAYING; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SURFACE TENSION;

DROP-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GENERALIZED GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID SPRAYS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY FORMALISM;

DROPS;

EID: 34247481070     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: 15214117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.200500989     Document Type: Article

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