Effect of the injection pressure on the internal flow characteristics for diethyl and dimethyl ether and diesel fuel injectors

Thermal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1123-1130

  Vijayakumar, Thulasi ^a   Raj, Rajagopal Thundil Karuppa ^a   Nanthagopal, Kasianantham ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Computational fluid dinamics; Diethyl ether; Dimethyl ether; Injector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858777443     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI100717091V     Document Type: Article

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