FUNDAMENTALS OF ATOMIZATION AND SPRAYS

• Injector Internal Flow
  
• Liquid Breakup
  
• Transport
  
• Evaporation
  
• Interaction with Surfaces
  
• Role of Physical Properties, State, and Flow Regimes
  

ATOMIZER DESIGN

• Types
• Advantages/Disadvantages
• Role of Liquid Properties

DESIGN TOOLS

• Estimating Atomizer Performance
  
• Estimating Evaporation Performance

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

• Optical and conventional diagnostics, spray characterization, high pressure and temperature experiments.
• Laboratory session using the experimental facilities associated with the UCI Combustion Laboratory research test cells and support facilities.

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS

• Current, state-of-the-art, and advanced computational methods for sprays and spray systems.