液体横向射流在气膜作用下的破碎过程

为了研究液体横向射流在气膜作用下的破碎过程,采用背景光成像技术及VOF TO DPM方法进行了实验研究和仿真研究,模拟介质为水和空气.研究结果表明,液体射流在气膜作用下主要存在两种破碎过程:柱状破碎和表面破碎.Rayleigh-Taylor(R-T)不稳定性产生的表面波是液体射流发生柱状破碎的主要原因,气流穿透表面波的波谷导致射流柱破碎,破碎后的液丝沿流向逐渐发展呈带状分布.Kelvin-Helmholtz(K-H)不稳定性产生的表面波是液体射流发生表面破碎的主要原因,液丝和液滴从射流表面剥离.局部动量比对液体横向射流的破碎过程具有重要影响,当局部动量比较低时,液体射流的破碎由K-H不稳定性主导;随着局部动量比的增大液体射流的破碎逐渐由R-T不稳定性主导.液体射流的破碎长度及穿透深度均随局部动量比的增大而增大.     

Molecular dynamics simulations of jet breakup and ejecta production from a grooved Cu surface under shock loading

Large-scale non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations are performed to explore the jet breakup and ejecta production of single crystal Cu with a triangular grooved surface defect under shock loading. The morphology of the jet breakup and ejecta formation is obtained where the ejecta clusters remain spherical after a long simulation time. The effects of shock strength as well as groove size on the steady size distribution of ejecta clusters are investigated. It is shown that the size distribution of ejecta exhibits a scaling power law independent of the simulated shock strengths and groove sizes. This distribution, which has been observed in many fragmentation processes, can be well described by percolation theory.     

毛细喷孔超高速水射流的脉动及破碎

水切割射流的动力学特性的诸多方面尚未得到认识和理解。本文对毛细喷孔产生的超高压水射流展开可视化研究,分析了常规压力及超高压条件下毛细水射流的液体破碎机制并对超高压毛细射流的脉动现象进行了讨论。常规条件下的毛细射流遵从经典的破碎模式;在超高压条件下,射流完整段呈瑞利模式,完整段以下呈雾化破碎模式,射流集束性呈现周期性变化。结果表明,传统理论不能够表达小孔径时超高速毛细水射流的破碎特性;喷孔内部流动情况如流动分离及空化成为该条件下射流破碎和脉动的重要原因。     

气泡在自由液面破碎后的射流断裂现象研究

在势流假设下, 考虑表面张力以及黏性修正, 建立自由液面在气泡破碎后全非线性运动的数值模型, 给出射流断裂和水滴撕裂的数值处理方法. 同时进行上浮气泡在自由液面破裂的实验研究, 数值解与实验值符合良好.为了研究自由液面在气泡破碎后的运动学机理和规律, 运用开发的程序研究了不同尺寸气泡破碎后的动态特性, 包括从气泡底部顶起的射流、射流断裂以及水滴分裂等复杂的物理现象, 总结了从射流上撕裂出的第一个水滴尺寸、撕裂时间以及最大射流速度的变化规律. 最后讨论了雷诺数与韦伯数对气泡破碎后自由液面运动的影响. 关键词： 气泡 自由液面 破碎 断裂     

Morphological classification of disintegration behavior of viscoelastic simulant gel propellant in coaxial streams

In this study, the spray structure of simulant gel propellant was analyzed morphologically and qualitatively to understand the basic characteristics of the gelled jet disintegration process in a shear coaxial environment. Categorization of breakup process was conducted based on the water jet breakup theory with generalized Reynolds number of the Herschel–Bulkley model and aerodynamic Weber number. Similar breakup types and disintegration process comparable to Newtonian fluids were depicted. However, the disintegration development was relatively slow compared to Newtonian cases, and the spray structures were quite different especially in fiber-type breakup due to its inherent viscosity change and viscoelastic properties. In the case of gel propellant, a strong Reynolds number dependency was observed under a certain critical value of the generalized Reynolds number, whereas beyond this value, breakup regime can be categorized with only the Weber number as in Newtonian cases. The border of Reynolds number dependency was shown at approximately $$\text{Re}_{\text{gen}} = 200$$ for all simulant gel contents cases considered in this study. The Weber number ranges for the three breakup modes (Rayleigh type, membrane type and fiber type) were found, and a new breakup mode showing a more intricate gel disintegration than the Newtonian one is proposed. .     

Similarity between the primary and secondary air-assisted liquid jet breakup mechanisms

We report an ultrafast synchrotron x-ray phase-contrast imaging study of the primary breakup mechanism of a coaxial air-assisted water jet. There exist great similarities between the primary (jet) and the secondary (drop) breakup, and in the primary breakup on different length scales. A transition from a ligament- to a membrane-mediated breakup is identified around an effective Weber number We' approximately 13. This observation reveals the critical role an effective Weber number plays in determining the atomization process and strongly supports the cascade breakup model.     

Experimental evidence of a Rayleigh-plateau instability in free falling granular jets

A granular jet falling out of a funnel shaped container, subjected to small vertical vibrations, develops an instability farther downstream as may happen for ordinary liquid jets. Our results show that this instability is reminiscent of the Rayleigh-Plateau capillary instability leading to breakup of the jet at large scales. The first stages of this instability are captured in detail allowing a determination of the dispersion relation. Surface tensions measured in this unstable regime (of the order of mN/m) are in agreement with previously reported measurements carried out at much smaller scales. This instability and the breakup of the jet can be inhibited when the effect of the surrounding medium (air) is reduced by enclosing the jet in an evacuated chamber, showing that the effective surface tension measured is the result of a strong interaction with the surrounding air.     

An accurate adaptive solver for surface-tension-driven interfacial flows

A method combining an adaptive quad/octree spatial discretisation, geometrical Volume-Of-Fluid interface representation, balanced-force continuum-surface-force surface-tension formulation and height-function curvature estimation is presented. The extension of these methods to the quad/octree discretisation allows adaptive variable resolution along the interface and is described in detail. The method is shown to recover exact equilibrium (to machine accuracy) between surface-tension and pressure gradient in the case of a stationary droplet, irrespective of viscosity and spatial resolution. Accurate solutions are obtained for the classical test case of capillary wave oscillations. An application to the capillary breakup of a jet of water in air further illustrates the accuracy and efficiency of the method. The source code of the implementation is freely available as part of the Gerris flow solver.     

Experimental investigation of spray characteristics of a liquid jet in a turbulent subsonic gaseous crossflow

Two perforated plates with different solidity ratios, S=50% and 67%, were used to investigate the effect of the velocity fluctuations of a subsonic gaseous crossflow on the spray characteristics of a liquid jet including droplet size and velocity distributions. The experiments were conducted over a range of jet-to-crossflow momentum flux ratio of q=16.5-172, and two gas Weber numbers of ?We_g=2.7 and 5.9, corresponding to the enhanced capillary breakup and bag breakup regimes, respectively. The experimental results of this study revealed that the distribution of droplets size associated with a turbulent and a uniform crossflow for each specific breakup regime were approximately identical. The bimodal and single peak distributions of droplets size, respectively, associated with enhanced capillary and bag breakup regimes were generally consistent with the literature reports. However, the transition of the liquid primary breakup regime from enhanced capillary to bag breakup mode was delayed in a turbulent crossflow compared to its uniform counterpart. The general behavior of droplets size-velocity profiles were also consistent with the literature reports. Nonetheless, complex variations in the distribution of droplets velocity when changing the crossflow turbulence intensity were observed and linked with the presence of instabilities on the liquid jet's surface. Finally, the present experiments allowed shedding more light on the reason why the breakup mechanisms of a liquid jet in a conventional uniform crossflow should not be generalized to predict the distinct breakup process of a liquid jet in a turbulent crossflow.     

Detailed simulation of primary atomization mechanisms in Diesel jet sprays (isolated identification of liquid jet tip effects)

In this study, the atomization characteristics of Diesel jet front tip have been investigated to elucidate the physical mechanisms by detailed numerical simulation. The computations are carried out with the finest grid resolutions ever that can resolve the final droplet generation by surface tension. The numerical methods are based on level-set interface tracking. The methods were validated by test cases and the grid resolution survey shows that the resolutions for the present study are sufficient. The present flow setup excludes nozzle disturbances to investigate how the disturbances from the liquid jet front would lead to atomization where the liquid jet impacts against the quiescent gas. The liquid jet front becomes an umbrella-like shape. From the front umbrella tip edge, ligament breakup first occurs. Ligament breakup is strongly correlated with the gas motion in the vicinity. The gas region behind the front is highly disturbed by atomization. By the gas recirculation motion here, air and some droplets are entrained and mixed. Also, the disturbances are fed back to the front umbrella by this motion and become synchronized with the breakup. Droplet pinch-off is mainly in the short-wave mode, but some ligaments are elongated by local gas stretch to finally have a long-wave mode shape, namely a mode shift occurs. The above findings of liquid jet front umbrella formation, atomization at the umbrella edge, mixing and atomization loop in the recirculation flow region and droplet generation mode give an insight to the modeling of droplet generation in actual sprays.     

Chaotic transport across two-dimensional jet streams

A dynamically consistent model of a jet stream modulated by Rossby waves is used to analyze the onset of chaotic transport of a passive tracer across the jet (cross-jet transport). For odd Rossby wavenumbers, a technique is developed to find a central invariant curve whose breakup signifies the onset of cross-jet transport. Amplitude and resonance mechanisms of breakup of this curve are investigated. For even-odd pairs of wavenumbers, an alternative technique is proposed for detecting cross-jet transport, based on an overlap of northern and southern stochastic layers. In this case, the Rossby-wave amplitudes required for global crossjet transport to occur are larger than those in the case of odd wavenumbers. The predicted results should be tested in laboratory experiments simulating jet streams modulated by Rossby waves.     

Nonlinear corrections to the oscillation mode frequencies of an ideal liquid charged jet

An analytical asymptotic expression is derived for the time evolution of an ideal incompressible conducting liquid jet with a uniformly charged surface that moves with a constant velocity along the symmetry axis of an undisturbed cylindrical surface. The expression is obtained in the third order of smallness in jet oscillation amplitude under the conditions when the initial deformation of the equilibrium jet surface is specified by one (axisymmetric or nonaxisymmetric) mode. Analytical expressions are also found for the positions of internal nonlinear degenerate three-and four-mode resonances, which are typical of nonlinear corrections to the equilibrium shape of the jet, liquid velocity field potential in the jet, and electrostatic field near the jet, and also for a nonlinear frequency correction. It is established that the nonlinear oscillations of the jet take place about a surface depending on the type of initial (generally asymmetric) deformation rather than about the equilibrium cylindrical shape.     

Experimental Study of a Borehole Acoustic Radiator with a Ring in a Long Cylindrical Chamber

We have carried out an experimental study on the generation of pressure oscillations in a model of a borehole ring acoustic radiator that moved within a cylindrical chamber. The possibility of preserving a short jet with increasing resonator chamber length has been studied. The influence of the jet length, which is determined by the interval between the nozzle and the ring, on the frequency and intensity of generation has been considered. The constancy of the chamber resonance at the natural frequency, regardless of the length and velocity of the jet, has been noted. Recommendations for choosing the length of the chamber and the generation frequency associated with it are given.     

Nonlinear development of capillary waves in a viscous liquid jet

The one-dimensional approximate equations describing the dynamics of a Newtonian viscous fluid are used to analyze the nonlinear development of capillary waves in a jet. It is shown that the size of satellite droplets resulting from a nonuniform jet breakup decreases with the Reynolds number at a constant wavenumber. The satellite-droplet formation ceases at a certain value of the Reynolds number, which depends on the wavenumber and initial perturbation amplitude.     

Effects of fuel viscosity on the primary breakup dynamics of a high-speed liquid jet with comparison to X-ray radiography

One of the major concerns in combustion engines is the sensitivity of engine performance to fuel properties. Recent works have shown that even slight differences in fuel properties can cause significant changes in performance and emission of an engine. In order to design the combustion engines with multi-fuel flexibilities, the precise assessment of fuel sensitivity on liquid jet atomization process is a prerequisite since the resulting fuel/air mixture is critical to the subsequent combustion process. The present study is focusing on the effect of physical fuel properties, mostly viscosity difference, on the breakup process of the liquid jet injected into still air. Two different jet fuels, CAT-A2 and CAT-C3, are considered here as surrogates for a fossil-based fuel and a bio-derived high-viscosity alternative fuel. The simulations are performed using the volume-of-fluid (VoF) interface tracking method coupled to Lagrangian particle method in order to capture the breakup instabilities of jets and the resulting droplets. The investigations take the actual geometry of the injector into account to resolve the unsteady flow phenomena inside the nozzle that impact the turbulence transition and atomization. The simulation results are compared to the experimental measurement using X-ray radiography. Both simulation and X-ray measurements consistently describe the effects of different fuels on the fundamental properties of atomization including the breakup length, transverse liquid volume fraction and the droplet sauter-mean-diameter. The application of a Detailed Numerical Simulation approach complemented by unique X-ray diagnostics is novel and providing new understanding and research directions in engine spray dynamics.     

Spiral breakup induced by an electric current in a Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium

Sprial breakup in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction has been observed under the influence of an externally applied alternating electric current. The dynamic mechanism of this breakup is explained in the framework of this reaction. The dependence of the critical electric current amplitude on the period of the wave and on the excitability of the medium is analyzed. Spiral breakup is shown to provide a limit of validity of electric-field-induced drift of vortices in excitable media. Experimental results are complemented with numerical simulations provided by two- and three-variable Oregonator models.     

Repeated formation of fluid threads in breakup of a surfactant-covered jet

Breakup of thin threads is widely observed in nature and technology. As a surfactant-covered liquid jet approaches breakup, its profile consists of a periodic pattern of drops connected by thin threads. Near the locations where the threads join the drops, simulations show that a series of thinner threads arise as the jet breaks. That threads can continue to form repeatedly without addition of noise when surfactants are present is unexpected based on earlier studies of surfactant-free systems. Thinning dynamics of successive threads are shown to be self-similar and approach Eggers's universal solution for clean interfaces.     

Nonlinear breakup of an asymmetric electrohydrodynamic jet

Nonlinear asymmetric breakup of a circular capillary jet stressed at the surface by an electrical field is presented. The method of straining of coordinates is used to calculate the cutoff wave number. The numerical results show that an initially sinusoidal wave develops in an asymmetrical form by the nonlinear effect from higher harmonics. It is shown that a linear relation-ship exists between the breakup times and the logarithms of the amplitudes of the wave. The slopes of these lines can be used to calculate the actual growth rates. The effective growth rates are displayed in a graphical form.     

超声速气流中液体横向射流雾化过程数值模拟

为了更加深入了解超燃冲压发动机燃烧室中的燃料雾化机理,对来流Mach数为1.94的超声速气流中液体横向射流的雾化过程进行了数值模拟研究.计算采用Euler-Lagrange方法,液滴二次破碎模型采用K-H/R-T模型.计算结果表明:考虑液滴二次破碎时,采用雾化锥模型获得的射流穿透深度以及液滴速度分布与实验结果符合得很好...