Modern diesel
injection systems operate in high injection pressures reaching
210 MPa. The combination of high injection velocities and elevated
cylinder pressure results in droplet atomization under high
Weber numbers, typically We>100, which correspond to the
shear and catastrophic breakup regimes. The primary atomization
of the liquid jet is modeled using the approach of Huh et al..
The modeling of the secondary atomization is based on a Boundary
Layer stripping analysis for the shear atomization regime (80<We<800)
and on a combination of Boundary Layer stripping and drop fragmentation
analysis for the catastrophic atomization regime (800<We).
The drop fragmentation process is predicted from instability
considerations on the surface of the liquid drop. A preliminary
model evaluation has been performed by comparing the computational
results with experimental measurements from isolated drops in
shock tube experiments as well as with observations from fully
developed diesel sprays.