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Handbook of Atomization and Sprays

Theory and Applications

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Nasser Ashgriz

    1. Dept. Mechanical &, Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  • Includes fundamental physics of the atomization process, the theoretical models and numerical simulations of spray
  • Covers a wide range of industrial applications including but not limited to spray coating, medical, healthcare and agricultural sprays, spray cooling, and mass spectrometry, to name a few
  • Discusses experimental techniques for spray characterization and applications and mechanisms of atomization
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (42 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Dynamics of Liquid Jets, Sheets and Drops

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Capillary Instability of Free Liquid Jets

      • N. Ashgriz, A. L. Yarin
      Pages 3-53

    3. Bending and Buckling Instabilities of Free Liquid Jets: Experiments and General Quasi-One-Dimensional Model

      • A. L. Yarin
      Pages 55-73

    4. Instability of Liquid Sheets

      • N. Ashgriz, X. Li, A. Sarchami
      Pages 75-95

    5. Dynamics of Liquid Droplets

      • A. Mashayek, N. Ashgriz
      Pages 97-123

    6. Oscillation of Droplets and Bubbles

      • N. Ashgriz, M. Movassat
      Pages 125-144

    7. Droplet Deformation and Breakup

      • D. R. Guildenbecher, C. López-Rivera, P. E. Sojka
      Pages 145-156

    8. Droplet Collision

      • G. Brenn
      Pages 157-181

    9. Droplet Impact on a Solid Surface

      • António L. N. Moreira, A. S. Moita, S. Chandra
      Pages 183-211

  3. Atomization and Spray Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Atomization Models

      • C. A. Chryssakis, D. N. Assanis, F. X. Tanner
      Pages 215-231

    3. Flashing Sprays

      • R. Karami, N. Ashgriz
      Pages 233-254

    4. Supercritical and Transcritical Injection

      • P. Seebald, P. E. Sojka
      Pages 255-261

    5. Evaporating Sprays

      • F. X. Tanner
      Pages 263-278

    6. Reacting Sprays

      • F. X. Tanner
      Pages 279-298

    7. Spray Group Combustion

      • A. Umemura
      Pages 299-313

    8. Droplet Evaporation in the Non-continuum Regime

      • E. J. Davis
      Pages 315-325

    9. Droplet Freezing and Solidification

      • F. X. Tanner
      Pages 327-338

    10. Numerical Techniques for Simulating the Atomization Process

      • N. Ashgriz
      Pages 339-357
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Keywords

About this book

Atomization and sprays are used in a wide range of industries: mechanical, chemical, aerospace, and civil engineering; material science and metallurgy; food; pharmaceutical, forestry, environmental protection; medicine; agriculture; meteorology and others. Some specific applications are spray combustion in furnaces, gas turbines and rockets, spray drying and cooling, air conditioning, powdered metallurgy, spray painting and coating, inhalation therapy, and many others. The Handbook of Atomization and Sprays will bring together the fundamental and applied material from all fields into one comprehensive source. Subject areas included in the reference are droplets, theoretical models and numerical simulations, phase Doppler particle analysis, applications, devices and more.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Mechanical &, Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Nasser Ashgriz

About the editor

Dr. Nasser Ashgriz is a professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. Prior to U of T, he was a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. He obtained his B.S. (1979), M.S. (1981), and Ph.D. (1984) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, where he was the recipient of two Bennet Prize awards (1981, 1983) in recognition of outstanding scholarly work in Mechanical Engineering.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Atomization and Sprays

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Applications

  • Editors: Nasser Ashgriz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7264-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7263-7Published: 25 February 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7781-6Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7264-4Published: 18 February 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 935

  • Topics: Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control

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