Investigation of a coaxial air-blast atomizer using particle image velocimetry and computational fluid dynamics

Atomization and Sprays

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 739-759

  Hoeg, Daniel P ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a   Friedman, Peter D ^a   Laoulache, Raymond N ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRBLAST ATOMIZER; CENTERLINE VELOCITY; CIRCULAR ORIFICES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SOFTWARE; DISPERSED PHASE; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SINGLE- AND TWO-PHASE FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 46349095579     PISSN: 10445110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/atomizspr.v18.i8.40     Document Type: Article

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