Linear Stability Analysis of a Non-Newtonian Liquid Sheet

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1212-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-jun Yang ◽  
Yuan-yuan Qu ◽  
Qing-fei Fu ◽  
Bin Gu ◽  
Feng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Linear Stability ◽  
Linear Stability Analysis ◽  
Liquid Sheet ◽  
Newtonian Liquid

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Model to Predict Simplex Atomizer Performance

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Liao ◽  
A. T. Sakman ◽  
S. M. Jeng ◽  
M. A. Jog ◽  
M. Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Linear Stability ◽  
Linear Stability Analysis ◽  
Liquid Fuel ◽  
Density Ratio ◽  
Liquid Sheet ◽  
Unstable Wave ◽  
Liquid Sheets ◽  
Breakup Model

The performance of liquid fuel atomizer has direct effects on combustion efficiency, pollutant emission and stability. Pressure swirl atomizer, or simplex atomizer, is widely used in liquid fuel combustion devices in aircraft and power generation industry. A computational, experimental, and theoretical study is conducted to predict its performance. The Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian method with finite volume scheme is employed in the CFD model. Internal flow characteristics of the simplex atomizer as well as its performance parameters such as discharge coefficient, spray angle and film thickness are predicted. A temporal linear stability analysis is performed for cylindrical liquid sheets under 3-D disturbance. The model incorporates swirling velocity component, finite film thickness and radius which are essential features of conical liquid sheets emanating from simplex atomizers. It is observed that the relative velocity between liquid and gas phase, density ratio and surface curvature enhance the interfacial aerodynamic instability. As Weber number and density ratio increase, both the wave growth rate and the unstable wave number range increase. Combination of axial and swirling velocity components is more effective than single axial component for disintegration of liquid sheet. A breakup model for conical liquid sheet is proposed. Combining the breakup model with linear stability analysis, mean drop sizes are predicted. The theoretical results are compared with measurement data and agreement is very good.

Linear stability analysis of an electrified incompressible liquid sheet streaming into a compressible ambient gas

2016 ◽  
Vol 231 (10) ◽  
pp. 1849-1858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxin Liu ◽  
Chaojie Mo ◽  
Lujia Liu ◽  
Qingfei Fu ◽  
Lijun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Linear Stability ◽  
Linear Stability Analysis ◽  
Density Ratio ◽  
Sheet Thickness ◽  
Liquid Sheet ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Liquid Density ◽  
Ambient Gas

This article presents the linear stability analysis of an electrified liquid sheet injected into a compressible ambient gas in the presence of a transverse electric field. The disturbance wave growth rates of sinuous and varicose modes were determined by solving the dispersion relation of the electrified liquid sheet. It was determined that by increasing the Mach number of the ambient gas from subsonic to transonic, the maximum growth rate and the dominant wave number of the disturbances were increased, and the increase was greater in the presence of the electric field. The electrified liquid sheet was more unstable than the non-electrified sheet. The increase of both the gas-to-liquid density ratio and the electrical Euler number accelerated the breakup of the liquid sheet for both modes; while the ratio of distance between the horizontal electrode and the liquid-sheet-to-sheet thickness had the opposite effect. High Reynolds and Weber numbers accelerated the breakup of the electrified liquid sheet.

Linear Stability Analysis of a Conical Liquid Sheet

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 955-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing-Fei Fu ◽  
Li-Jun Yang ◽  
Yuan-Yuan Qu ◽  
Bin Gu
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Linear Stability ◽  
Linear Stability Analysis ◽  
Liquid Sheet

scholarly journals Instability of a liquid sheet with viscosity contrast in inertial microfluidics

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuntal Patel ◽  
Holger Stark
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Linear Stability ◽  
Linear Stability Analysis ◽  
Sheet Thickness ◽  
Liquid Sheet ◽  
Interfacial Instability ◽  
Parameter Study ◽  
Inertial Microfluidics ◽  
Inertial Focusing ◽  
Layer Flow

Abstract Flows at moderate Reynolds numbers in inertial microfluidics enable high throughput and inertial focusing of particles and cells with relevance in biomedical applications. In the present work, we consider a viscosity-stratified three-layer flow in the inertial regime. We investigate the interfacial instability of a liquid sheet surrounded by a density-matched but more viscous fluid in a channel flow. We use linear stability analysis based on the Orr–Sommerfeld equation and direct numerical simulations with the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) to perform an extensive parameter study. Our aim is to contribute to a controlled droplet production in inertial microfluidics. In the first part, on the linear stability analysis we show that the growth rate of the fastest growing mode $$\xi ^{*}$$ ξ ∗ increases with the Reynolds number $$\text {Re}$$ Re and that its wavelength $$\lambda ^{*}$$ λ ∗ is always smaller than the channel width w for sufficiently small interfacial tension $$\Gamma $$ Γ . For thin sheets we find the scaling relation $$\xi ^{*} \propto mt^{2.5}_{s}$$ ξ ∗ ∝ m t s 2.5 , where m is viscosity ratio and $$t_{s}$$ t s the sheet thickness. In contrast, for thicker sheets $$\xi ^{*}$$ ξ ∗ decreases with increasing $$t_s$$ t s or m due to the nearby channel walls. Examining the eigenvalue spectra, we identify Yih modes at the interface. In the second part on the LBM simulations, the thin liquid sheet develops two distinct dynamic states: waves traveling along the interface and breakup into droplets with bullet shape. For smaller flow rates and larger sheet thicknesses, we also observe ligament formation and the sheet eventually evolves irregularly. Our work gives some indication how droplet formation can be controlled with a suitable parameter set $$\{\lambda ,t_{s},m,\Gamma ,\text {Re}\}$$ { λ , t s , m , Γ , Re } . Graphical Abstract

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