Numerical solution of highly expanded flashing liquid jets

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 379-391

  Angelo, Edvaldo ^a,c   Simões Moreira, José Roberte ^b  

^a MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Escola de Engenharia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EVAPORATION WAVES; JUMP EQUATIONS; METASTABLE LIQUIDS;

JETS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 34248388186     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.23972     Document Type: Article

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