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An investigation of string cavitation in a true-scale fuel injector flow geometry at high pressure

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posted on 2010-04-08, 09:02 authored by Ben Reid, Graham HargraveGraham Hargrave, Colin GarnerColin Garner, Graham Wigley
String cavitation has been studied in an optical automotive size fuel injector with true-scale flow geometry at injection pressures of up to 2050 bar. The multihole nozzle geometry studied allowed observation of the hole-to-hole vortex interaction and, in particular, that of a bridging vortex in the sac region between the holes. A dependency on Reynolds number was observed in the formation of the visible, vapor filled vortex cores. Above a threshold Reynolds number, their formation and appearance during a 2 ms injection event was repeatable and independent of upstream pressure and cavitation number.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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REID, B.A.....et al., An investigation of string cavitation in a true-scale fuel injector flow geometry at high pressure. Physics of Fluids, 22(031703)

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© American Institute of Physics

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2010

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This article was published in the journal, Physics of fluids and is also available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3372174

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1070-6631

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  • en

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