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Drop ejection from an oscillating rod
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Basaran, O. A. Wilkes, E. D. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | The dynamics of a drop of a Newtonian liquid that is pendant from or sessile on a solid rod that is forced to undergo time-periodic oscillations along its axis is studied theoretically. The free boundary problem governing the time evolution of the shape of the drop and the flow field inside it is solved by a method of lines using a finite element algorithm incorporating an adaptive mesh. When the forcing amplitude is small, the drop approaches a limit cycle at large times and undergoes steady oscillations thereafter. However, drop breakup is the consequence if the forcing amplitude exceeds a critical value. Over a wide range of amplitudes above this critical value, drop ejection from the rod occurs during the second oscillation period from the commencement of rod motion. Remarkably, the shape of the interface at breakup and the volume of the primary drop formed are insensitive to changes in forcing amplitude. The interface shape at times close to and at breakup is a multi-valued function of distance measured along the rod axis and hence cannot be described by recently popularized one-dimensional approximations. The computations show that drop ejection occurs without the formation of a long neck. Therefore, this method of drop formation holds promise of preventing formation of undesirable satellite droplets. |
| File Size | 351809 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20010004370 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2t48n09d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Fluid Mechanics And Thermodynamics Oscillating Flow Finite Element Method Boundary Value Problems Newtonian Fluids Flow Distribution Vibration Effects Rods Drops Liquids Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
