Vortex breakdown in swirling fuel injector flows

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

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

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Renault F1 Team Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FUEL INJECTION; FUELS; GAS DYNAMICS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); JET PUMPS; JETS; MIXING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AREA RATIOS; AXIAL LOCATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLAME STABILITY; FUEL INJECTORS; FUEL/AIR MIXING; GEOMETRIC CHANGES; GEOMETRIC DETAILS; GEOMETRIC VARIATIONS; HELICAL VORTICES; HOT-WIRE ANEMOMETRY; NEAR FIELDS; PARTICLE-IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PARTICULAR FEATURES; PRECESSING VORTEX CORE; RELATIVE STRENGTH; SHEAR LAYERS; SWIRL NUMBERS; SWIRLER; TURBULENCE ENERGY; VORTEX BREAKDOWN;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 53949119789     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2799530     Document Type: Article

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