Modeling drop size distributions

There is abundant literature discussing the prediction of a representative drop diameter in a spray. However, there are relatively few publications discussing prediction of a drop size distribution in sprays. In the present paper, we review the three available methods for modeling drop size distributions: the maximum entropy method, the discrete probability function method, and the empirical method.

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