- Author
- Stanton, A. C. | Stewart, G. W. | Caulfield, H. J.
- Title
- Automatic Holographic Droplet Analysis for Liquid Fuel Sprays.
- Coporate
- Aerodyne Research, Inc., Bedford, MA
- Report
- E2062, April 1984,
- Contract
- NAS3-24094
- Book or Conf
- National Aeronautics and Space Admin. Combustion Fundamentals Research. NASA Conference Publication 2309. April 16-18, 1984, Cleveland, OH, 51-54 p., 1984
- Keywords
- fuel sprays | interferometry | critical parameters
- Abstract
- Substantial attention has been directed toward both modeling and experimental characterization of liquid fuel sprays in order to develop a fundamental understanding of the fluid mechanical and chemical interactions which govern the combustion process in these two-phase flows. Two critical parameters needed to characterize spray combustion are the size and velocity distributions of the fuel spray droplets. Several laser-based optical techniques, including scattered intensity, laser interferometry, and laser velocimetry, have been applied in recent years to measurements in fuel sprays.