Droplets and Sprays

Part I. Multiphase Flow Fundamentals

1. Introduction to Droplets and Sprays: Applications for Combustion and Propulsion
Saptarshi Basu, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Chetankumar Patel

2. Towards Combined Deterministic and Statistical Approaches to Modeling Dispersed Multiphase Flows
Shankar Subramaniam, S. Balachandar

Part II. Droplet Evaporation and Combustion

3. Modelling of Droplet Heating and Evaporation
Sergei S. Sazhin

4. Combustion of Multi-component Fuel Droplets
Srinibas Karmakar, S. K. Som, D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao

Part III. Atomization Principles and Injection Strategies

5. On Primary Atomization in Propulsive Device Fuel Injectors—A Short Review
Kuppuraj Rajamanickam, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Saptarshi Basu

6. A Comprehensive Model for Estimation of Spray Characteristics
Souvick Chatterjee, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Swarnendu Sen

7. Modeling of Flash Boiling Phenomenon in Internal and Near-Nozzle Flow of Fuel Injectors
Kaushik Saha, Michele Battistoni, Sibendu Som

8. Novel Fuel Injection Systems for High-Speed Combustors
Kuppuraj Rajamanickam, Swapneel Roy, Saptarshi Basu

9. Experimental Investigation of Spray Characteristics of Kerosene, Ethanol, and Ethanol-Blended Kerosene Using a Gas Turbine Hybrid Atomizer
Amlan Garai, Shinjan Ghosh, Swarnendu Sen, Achintya Mukhopadhyay

10. Two-Phase Characterization for Turbulent Dispersion of Sprays: A Review of Optical Techniques
Srikrishna Sahu, M. Manish, Yannis Hardalupas

Part IV. Turbulent Spray Combustion

11. Turbulent Spray Combustion
Seong-Young Lee, Ahmed Abdul Moiz, Khanh D. Cung

12. Modelling of Variance and Co-variance in Turbulent Flame–Droplet Interaction: A Direct Numerical Simulation Analysis
Sean P. Malkeson, Daniel H. Wacks, Nilanjan Chakraborty

Part V. Droplet and Spray Dynamics

13. Dynamics of Droplet Break-Up
Binita Pathak, Ranganathan Kumar, Saptarshi Basu

14. Intermittency: A State that Precedes Thermoacoustic Instability
Samadhan A. Pawar, R. I. Sujith

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