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Development And Validation Of A Computational Model For Studying Secondary Droplet Breakup In Time-Varying Flows, Brandan A. West
Development And Validation Of A Computational Model For Studying Secondary Droplet Breakup In Time-Varying Flows, Brandan A. West
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Secondary droplet breakup is an important topic in fluid mechanics that has applications in many atomization processes. To date, the experimental and computational research of secondary droplet breakup has focused primarily on the breakup process in flows that have steady velocities. This study utilizes computational fluid dynamics software called Star-CCM+ Version 7.04.006 to study the effects of time-varying flows on the droplet breakup process. Time-varying flows are more representative than steady flows are of the flow situations in combustion chambers of high-level engines such as jet and rocket engines. Weber number is the ratio of the external flow’s inertial forces …