Dynamics and Breakup of Viscoelastic Liquids (A Review)

The phenomena of hydrodynamic breakup of liquid jets, drops, films, bridges, and filaments are reviewed for liquids with viscoelastic properties. The reasons for breakup are capillary instabilities, collisions with rigid obstacles, and other forms of dynamic action. The relationship between the properties of the liquids and the features of the breakup process is discussed.     

剪切流动条件下液滴变形和断裂的数值模拟

本文采用扩散界面法研究了剪切流动条件下悬浮液滴变形和断裂的动力学机制。控制方程采用考虑表面张力影响的Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard方程描述。计算网格采用均匀矩形交错网格。采用基于压力增量的近似投影法计算 Navier-Stokes方程,采用完全近似多重网格法计算Cahn-Hilliard方程。稳态液滴变形规律及液滴拉伸断裂过程的计算结果与试验结果符合较好,表明本文模型能够很好的研究液滴变形及断裂机理。     

25MeV/u 6He在9Be靶上的弹性转移反应研究

报告了25MeV/u ⁶He在⁹Be靶上的弹性散射和弹性转移的实验结果. 用光学模型和一阶DWBA的方法计算了弹性散射和³He集团转移的截面, 计算结果和实验测量基本一致. 计算表明³He在⁹Be中的谱幅度应该明显大于壳模型的理论计算值0.70.     

The double-mass model of drop deformation and secondary breakup

In the paper, a new analytical model of drop deformation and secondary breakup is presented. The model is a direct extension of the TAB (Taylor Analogy Breakup) model of O’Rourke and Amsden [P. O’Rourke, A.A. Amsden, The TAB method for numerical calculation of spray droplet breakup, SAE Paper No 872089, 1987] [9]. The drop is represented by the system of two masses connected by a spring, allowed to oscillate and move along a specified axis. Two versions of the model are analyzed: linear – offering analytical solution for drop oscillations, and nonlinear – defined in terms of parameters with clear, physical interpretation, and more interesting from the point of view of applications. Conditions of stability of a drop subjected to impulsive acceleration by ambient flow are discussed and a new criterion is introduced including droplet Weber number, Ohnesorge number and density ratio. The role of the density ratio proves to be prominent for large Ohnesorge numbers or when the drop density approaches the ambient density.     

Large eddy simulation and experiment of shear breakup in liquid-liquid jet: Formation of ligaments and droplets

Understanding the shear breakup in jet flows and the formation of droplets from ligaments is important to determine the final droplet size distribution (DSD). The initial droplet size, which affects the final DSD, is considered to be generated by the shear breakup. Large eddy simulation (LES) was performed to investigate the shear breakup in liquid-liquid jet flows. The explicit Volume of Fluid (VOF) model with the geometric reconstruction scheme was used to capture the oil-water interface. The estimated oil distribution including wave peaks, ligaments, droplets and water streaks were compared to the experiments with a good agreement. The estimated DSD matched with the measurements favorably well. In the simulation, the formation of droplets with a smooth and curved surface from ligaments or sheet-like structures was obtained. Different mechanisms were observed along with the shear layer including the formation of droplets from ligament through the capillary forces, breakage of a droplet into smaller ones and attachment of a droplet to a ligament. The destructive shear forces and resisting surface tension forces were quantified on stretching and retracting ligaments. The influence of internal viscous force was found to be negligible due to low oil viscosity. The critical capillary number was found to be larger than 5.0 for ligaments breaking with the shear breakup. The capillary number was below unity for retracting ligaments. The coalescence of two equal-sized droplets was obtained in the shear breakup region. The shear stress magnitude at the contact region increased more than two folds. The total surface area decreased nearly 20% after the coalescence.     

Study of Borromean halo nuclei by the neutron wall with simulation

The model of three-body Borromean halo nuclei breakup was described by using standard phase space distributions and the Monte Carlo simulation method was established to resolve the detection problem of two neutrons produced from breakup reaction on the neutron wall detector. For 6He case, overall resolution ~rEk for the Oaussiaal part of the detector response and the detection efficiency including solid angle acceptance with regard to the excitation energy Ek are obtained by the simulation of two neutrons from 6He breakup into the neutron wall. The effects of the algorithm on the angular and energy correlations of the fragments are briefly discussed.     

Bubble size distribution prediction for large-scale ship flows: Model evaluation and numerical issues

Prediction of the bubble size distribution in the wake of a ship is important to analyze its acoustic signature. To achieve CFD simulation of dynamic ships with moving control surfaces and rotating propellers in waves, a robust implementation is paramount. In this work a mass conserving multigroup discretization strategy of the Boltzmann transport equation for polydispersed bubbly flows is presented, as well as an analysis of available breakup and coalescence models. Modifications of the discrete equations for the fixed pivot method at the boundaries are introduced that guarantee exact bubble mass conservation. The role of the time stepping scheme in the conservation of mass and number of bubbles is discussed. Though the conservation properties of the discrete system of equations are satisfied provided they are solved exactly, in practice an iterative procedure must be used since the ODE’s are non-linear. Three iterative schemes are proposed and they are analyzed in terms of robustness and efficiency. Breakup, coalescence and dissolution models are analyzed from the numerical point of view. Available models of breakup and coalescence are studied finding appropriate choices for ship applications. Other models are appropriate as well, but are more costly numerically. As appropriate for ship applications, an extension to the model of Prince and Blanch for salt water is proposed and analyzed. The final model is tested against experimental data and computations by other researchers, and convergence properties in bubble size discretization is studied. It is found that for salt water the final steady state is dependent on the initial condition since there is a range of sizes for which coalescence and breakup are both negligible.     

水动力作用下低速射流碎化的数值模拟

为研究射流在水动力作用下的碎化特性,采用有限体积法对轴对称坐标下Navier-Stokes方程进行了求解,考虑重力和表面张力的影响,并通过Volume-of-Fluid法与Level-Set法成功捕捉到界面的不稳定发展、变形及射流碎化过程,分析了流场内部速度场和压力场分布,结果表明,射流碎化长度随Re/We“5数呈指数型增加,最后探讨了射流速度、直径及周围流体密度、粘性等参量对射流的碎化过程的影响规律.     

17N破裂反应产物的测量

利用RIBLL提供的丰中子放射性束测量了^17N在^197Au和^9Be靶上的破裂反应,用14单元阵列探测器测量得到了前角带电粒子产额和关联粒子对的破裂截面,得到了^17N在^197Au和^9Be靶上的带电粒子破裂截面比为4－5倍,结果表明对重靶核除了核破裂机制外还要考虑库仑破裂的贡献。