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Disintegration of liquid sheetsThe development, stability, and disintegration of liquid sheets issuing from a two-dimensional air-assisted nozzle is studied. Detailed measurements of mean drop size and velocity are made using a phase Doppler particle analyzer. Without air flow the liquid sheet converges toward the axis as a result of surface tension forces. With airflow a quasi-two-dimensional expanding spray is formed. The air flow causes small variations in sheet thickness to develop into major disturbances with the result that disruption starts before the formation of the main break-up region. In the two-dimensional variable geometry air-blast atomizer, it is shown that the air flow is responsible for the formation of large, ordered, and small chaotic 'cell' structures.
Document ID
19900046156
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Mansour, Adel
(Carnegie-Mellon Univ. Pittsburgh, PA, United States)
Chigier, Norman
(Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Physics of Fluids A
Volume: 2
ISSN: 0899-8213
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer
Accession Number
90A33211
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG8-126
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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