Maximum entropy formalism and drop size distribution Part 1: A new formulation

10th International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, ICLASS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dumouchel, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Maximum Entropy Formalism; Nukiyama Tanasawa distribution; Spray drop size distribution

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; ATOMIZATION PROCESS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GENERALIZED GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL FORMS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; NUKIYAMA-TANASAWA DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCTION OF; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; SPRAY DROPS; SURFACE TENSION FORCE;

ATOMIZATION; LIQUIDS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SURFACE TENSION;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84874726864     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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