Modelling of cavitation in diesel injector nozzles

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 616, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-193

  Giannadakis, E ^a   Gavaises, M ^a   Arcoumanis, C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIESEL ENGINES; DOPPLER EFFECT; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; NOZZLE DESIGN; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CAVITATION STRUCTURE; DIESEL INJECTOR NOZZLES; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN APPROACH; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; LIQUID VOLUME FRACTION; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE (R.M.S.); STOCHASTIC FRAMEWORK;

CAVITATION;

AIR BUBBLE; CAVITATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 55749113231     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008003777     Document Type: Article

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