Numerical simulation on head-on binary collision of gel propellant droplets

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 204-219

  Liu, Zejun ^a   Wu, Jianjun ^a   Zhen, He ^a   Hu, Xiaoping ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Droplet head on collision; Gel propellant; Numerical simulation; Vof method

Indexed keywords

BINS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DROPS; FLOW FIELDS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE INTERFACES; PROPELLANTS; SHEAR FLOW;

COLLISION MECHANISMS; DEFORMATION AMPLITUDE; DROPLET COALESCENCE; GEL PROPELLANTS; HEAD-ON COLLISION; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; VOF (VOLUME OF FLUID); VOF METHOD;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 84873193945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6010204     Document Type: Article

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