Circulation generation and vortex ring formation by conic nozzles

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 0912041-0912048

  Rosenfeld, Moshe ^a   Katija, Kakani ^b   Dabiri, John O ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Circulation; Laminar flow; Nozzle; Vortex ring

Indexed keywords

CENTERLINES; CFD; EXIT DIAMETER; EXIT VELOCITY; FLOW INVARIANTS; NORMALIZATION METHODS; NOZZLE EXITS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VORTEX CIRCULATION; VORTEX GENERATORS; VORTEX RINGS;

ATOMIZERS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; NOZZLES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77955284625     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3203207     Document Type: Article

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