Simulation of liquid jet primary breakup: Dynamics of ligament and droplet formation

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 513-532

  Shinjo, J ^a   Umemura, A ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNS; Droplet; Ligament; Primary breakup

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY WAVE; DNS; DOMINANT MODE; DROPLET FORMATION; GAS VORTEX; GRID RESOLUTION; INJECTION NOZZLES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIQUID CORES; LIQUID JETS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PINCHOFF; RAYLEIGH; SHORT WAVES; WEBER NUMBERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; DROP FORMATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; JETS; LIGAMENTS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77955057897     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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