Investigation of the spray behavior of gelled jet A-1 fuels using an air blast and an impinging jet atomizer

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Ciezki, Helmut K ^a   Robers, Ansgar ^a   Schneider, Günter ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATION; PROPULSION;

AIR BLAST; AIR FLOW; AIRBLAST ATOMIZER; GEL SHEETS; IMPINGING JET; JET A-1; MOMENTUM FLUX RATIOS; SHADOWGRAPH TECHNIQUE;

JET FUEL;

EID: 85086617939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-3601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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