Spray measurement technology: a review

TD Fansler, SE Parrish - Measurement Science and Technology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Sprays are among the most intellectually challenging and practically important topics in fluid
mechanics. This paper reviews needs, milestones, challenges, and a broad array of …

Modelling cavitation during drop impact on solid surfaces

N Kyriazis, P Koukouvinis, M Gavaises - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2018 - Elsevier
The impact of liquid droplets on solid surfaces at conditions inducing cavitation inside their
volume has rarely been addressed in the literature. A review is conducted on relevant …

Multi-component vapor-liquid equilibrium model for LES of high-pressure fuel injection and application to ECN Spray A

J Matheis, S Hickel - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2018 - Elsevier
We present and evaluate a two-phase model for Eulerian large-eddy simulations (LES) of
liquid-fuel injection and mixing at high pressure. The model is based on cubic equations of …

Understanding the ignition mechanism of high-pressure spray flames

RN Dahms, GA Paczko, SA Skeen… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
A conceptual model for turbulent ignition in high-pressure spray flames is presented. The
model is motivated by first-principles simulations and optical diagnostics applied to the …

[HTML][HTML] High pressure/high temperature multiphase simulations of dodecane injection to nitrogen: Application on ECN Spray-A

P Koukouvinis, A Vidal-Roncero, C Rodriguez… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The present work investigates the complex phenomena associated with pressure/high
temperature dodecane injection for the Engine Combustion Network (ECN) Spray-A case …

Real-fluid injection modeling and LES simulation of the ECN Spray A injector using a fully compressible two-phase flow approach

S Yang, P Yi, C Habchi - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2020 - Elsevier
A fully compressible two-phase flow model consisting of four balance equations including
two mass, one momentum, and one internal energy equation, formulated with the …

Eulerian–Lagrangian spray atomization model coupled with interface capturing method for diesel injectors

J Anez, A Ahmed, N Hecht, B Duret, J Reveillon… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Traditional Discrete Particle Methods (DPM) such as the Euler–Lagrange
approaches for modeling atomization, even if widely used in technical literature, are not …

Large eddy simulations of reacting and non-reacting transcritical fuel sprays using multiphase thermodynamics

M Fathi, S Hickel, D Roekaerts - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We present a novel framework for high-fidelity simulations of inert and reacting sprays at
transcritical conditions with highly accurate and computationally efficient models for complex …

On the numerical behavior of diffuse-interface methods for transcritical real-fluids simulations

PC Ma, H Wu, DT Banuti, M Ihme - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2019 - Elsevier
Accurate and robust simulations of transcritical real-fluid flows are crucial for many
engineering applications. Diffuse-interface methods are frequently employed and several …

Numerical benchmark for high-Reynolds-number supercritical flows with large density gradients

AM Ruiz, G Lacaze, JC Oefelein, R Mari, B Cuenot… - Aiaa Journal, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
Because of the extreme complexity of physical phenomena at high pressure, only limited
data are available for solver validation at device-relevant conditions such as liquid rocket …