Figure 2
Dynamics of the high-pressure fuel sprays measured with the point-by-point scanning method: (a) time evolution of the integrated fuel mass in the X-ray beam on the spray axis at 1, 5, 12 and 22 mm from the nozzle and (b) the calculated spray speeds. Each datum point spans a time interval of 3.68 µs. The speed values for the leading edge (LE) and trailing edge (TE) were calculated by the derivative of their penetration curves shown as the inset in (b). By tracking the distinctive features, such as the spray internal segment (IS) between the two marker lines in (a), the speed of the segment was evaluated with the correlation method illustrated in equation (3). |