The TAB method for numerical calculation of spray droplet breakup
Abstract
A short history is given of the major milestones in the development of the stochastic particle method for calculating liquid fuel sprays. The most recent advance has been the discovery of the importance of drop breakup in engine sprays. A new method, called TAB, for calculating drop breakup is presented. Some theoretical properties of the method are derived; its numerical implementation in the computer program KIVA is described; and comparisons are presented between TAB-method calculations and experiments and calculations using another breakup model.
- Publication:
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Presented at the International Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987ifl..meet.....O
- Keywords:
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- Drops (Liquids);
- Sprayers;
- Stochastic Processes;
- Engines;
- Mathematical Models;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer