A contribution to the understanding of cavitation effects in Diesel injector nozzles through a combined experimental and computational investigation

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-101

  Payri, F ^a   Payri, R ^a   Salvador, F J ^a   Martinez Lopez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Diesel; Injection; Mass flow choking; Nozzle

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION EFFECT; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CYLINDRICAL HOLES; DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE; DIESEL; DIESEL INJECTOR NOZZLES; DISCHARGE COEFFICIENTS; EFFECTIVE VELOCITY; HOMOGENEOUS EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; INJECTION VELOCITY; INTERNAL FLOWS; MASS FLOW; MASS FLOW RATE; MICROSAC; NOZZLE EXITS; SPRAY MOMENTUM FLUX;

CAVITATION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MASS TRANSFER; NOZZLES;

SPRAY NOZZLES;

EID: 84857788332     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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