Modeling the disintegration of modulated liquid jets using volume-of-fluid (VOF) methodology

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3710-3730

  Srinivasan, Vedanth ^a   Salazar, Abraham J ^a   Saito, Kozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Break up; CFD; Droplets; OpenFoam; Spray; Volume of fluid

Indexed keywords

BREAK-UP; CFD; DROPLETS; OPENFOAM; SPRAY; VOLUME OF FLUID;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DROPS; ELECTRON BEAMS; JETS; PHASE INTERFACES; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 79955091151     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.01.040     Document Type: Article

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