Numerical investigation of collision-induced breakup of raindrops. Part I: Methodology and dependencies on collision energy and eccentricity

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 557-575

  Schlottke, Jan ^a   Straub, Winfried ^b   Beheng, Klaus Dieter ^b   Gomaa, Hassan ^a   Weigand, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY COLLISIONS; BREAK-UP MODES; COLLISION ENERGIES; COLLISION KINETICS; COLLISION-INDUCED BREAKUP; DIFFERENT SIZES; ECCENTRICITY EFFECTS; FALL VELOCITIES; FRAGMENT SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LIMIT VALUES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; SIZE PARAMETERS; VOLUME OF FLUIDS; WEBER NUMBERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COALESCENCE;

COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPLET; ECCENTRICITY; FLOW VELOCITY; KINETIC ENERGY; METHODOLOGY; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77952966144     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3174.1     Document Type: Short Survey

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