Review of atomization and mixing characteristics of pintle injectors

F Zhao, H Zhang, H Zhang, B Bai, L Zhao - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
To promote the design and optimization as well as a deeper understanding of pintle
injectors further, the progress on atomization and mixing characteristics of pintle injectors …

Multiscale multiphase flow simulations using interface capturing and Lagrangian particle tracking

L Li, B Jiang, G Wei, X Li, Z Zhu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Numerical simulations of multiphase flows with both interfaces and discrete particles are
challenging because they possess a wide range of length and time scales. Meanwhile, the …

Experimental and numerical investigations on the spray characteristics of liquid-gas pintle injector

W Zhou, X Xu, Q Yang, R Zhao, Y Jin - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The spray characteristics of a liquid-gas pintle injector at different total momentum ratios
(TMR) are investigated by means of experiment and numerical simulation. Water and …

Hydrodynamics of molten-metal bubble columns in the near-bubbling field using volume of fluid computational fluid dynamics

SI Ngo, YI Lim, HM Kwon, UD Lee - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Using molten-metal bubble columns (MMBCs), non-oxidative CH 4 pyrolysis producing H 2
and solid carbon has emerged as an efficient low-carbon H 2 production compared to steam …

Insights into the characteristics of sheet/cloud cavitation and tip-leakage cavitation based on a compressible Euler-Lagrange model

X Zhao, H Cheng, B Ji, L Li, RE Bensow - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
Multiscale structures and fluid compressibility constitute intrinsic features of natural
cavitation. However, incorporating these two factors into cavitation simulations remains a …

Numerical simulation of angled-injected liquid jet breakup in supersonic crossflow by a hybrid VOF-LPT method

W Zhou, B Chen, Q Zhu, S Rao, X Xu - International Journal of Multiphase …, 2023 - Elsevier
The breakup of angled-injected liquid jets in supersonic airflow is investigated numerically
by a hybrid Volume of Fluid and Lagrangian Particle Tracking (VOF-LPT) method. A Multi …

Understanding the liquid jet break-up in various regimes at elevated pressure using a compressible VOF-LPT coupled framework

B Bhatia, T Johny, A De - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2023 - Elsevier
The present work implements a compressible Volume of Fluid (VOF)–Lagrangian Particle
Tracking (LPT) coupled solver in OpenFOAM and utilizes it to simulate a liquid jet in …

An improved Eulerian-Lagrangian method combined with ductile material model for cavitation erosion assessment

Z Wang, H Cheng, X Luo… - Journal of Fluids …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Cavitation erosion in hydraulic machinery constitutes a multifaceted, instantaneous
physicochemical process resulting in material wear and decreased efficiency. This paper …

Evaluation of turbulent co-flow effects on liquid fuel atomization including spray evolution from a pressure swirl atomizer

Y Sun, CS Vegad, Y Li, B Renou, K Nishad… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Optimizing combustion systems is imperative due to current environmental and energy
demands. To achieve optimal performance once liquid fuel is used for firing such systems …

Numerical simulation of spray atomization in crossflow using an empirical primary atomization model

T Xu, F Yang, M Zhu, T Ye, J Zhou, Y Song - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian approach is used to simulate the atomization
process of spray jet in subsonic crossflow. A coupled Volume of Fluid (VOF)-Lagrangian …