RANS simulation of a multicomponent underexpanded gaseous jet mixing – effects of composition and injection conditions

Authors

• Andy Thawko - Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
• Leonid Tartakovsky - Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Topic

• Fuel injection
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Combustion and combustion processes
• Hydrogen fuel
• Nozzles
• Simulation and modeling
• Pressure
• Optimization

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