Simulation of cavitation in outward-opening piezo-type pintle injector nozzles

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 222, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1895-1910

  Giannadakis, E ^a   Papoulias, D ^a   Theodorakakos, A ^b   Gavaises, M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Fluid Research Company   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Direct injection gasoline engines; Modelling; Outward opening piezo injectors

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINES; GASOLINE; MODELS; NEEDLES; SEALING (CLOSING); SPRAY NOZZLES;

BUBBLE GROWTH AND COLLAPSE; CAVITATION MODEL; DIRECT INJECTION GASOLINE ENGINE; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN; FLUID ACCELERATIONS; GEOMETRIC DETAILS; PIEZO INJECTORS; QUALITATIVE MODEL;

CAVITATION;

EID: 55749114777     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO728     Document Type: Article

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