The fully Lagrangian approach to the analysis of particle/droplet dynamics : implementation into ANSYS Fluent and application to gasoline sprays
- Submitting institution
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University of Brighton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 7138497
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1615/AtomizSpr.2017019354
- Title of journal
- Atomization and Sprays
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- First page
- 493
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 1044-5110
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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5
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The accurate prediction of particle/droplet number density is essential to many engineering applications. This paper is significant because it develops a new methodology to calculate particle number density evolution based on the Fully Lagrangian approach. The new methodology is more computationally efficient than the traditional Eulerian-Lagrangian approach, and is applicable to the simulation of high-inertia particles, unlike widely-used equilibrium velocity Eulerian-Eulerian approaches. The predictions were validated against experimental data and identified regions of preferential concentration of droplets of different sizes, which has important implications for optimising particle-laden flows. This research is a key outcome of EPSRC grants EP/K005758/1 and EP/M002608/1.
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- Non-English
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