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Visualization of two-dimensional liquid sheets issued into subsonic gaseous crossflow

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Flow dynamics of two-dimensional liquid sheets discharged into low-speed gaseous crossflow were experimentally investigated. The flow characteristics of liquid sheets were visualized by taking advantage of diffused backlight shadowgraphy and high-speed photography. Three injectors with an equal thickness of 0.35 mm and aspect ratios of 30, 60 and 90 were manufactured and tested at different flow conditions. A full discussion about the flow characteristics of two-dimensional liquid sheets in the presence of transverse airflow is provided. Visualizations revealed that the liquid sheets represented a unique concave-like structure that was named as inflated sheet. This special characteristic was not previously seen on any other circular or non-circular liquid jets and therefore made the flow dynamics of liquid sheets in subsonic crossflow very distinguished. The inflated sheet was found to transform from an enclosed structure into an open structure. The open inflated sheet was disturbed by different breakup mechanisms including sheet rupture, bag breakup, and Rayleigh–Taylor instability. Based on the observed phenomena, the flow was grouped into five regimes including biconvex, enclosed inflated sheet, open inflated sheet, bag breakup/sheet rupture, and multimode breakup. Furthermore, it was found that the droplet region was bifurcated due to the different breakup mechanisms acting simultaneously upon the sheet. Measurements of sheet trajectory were performed and the effects of momentum ratio and Weber number were studied. It was found that Weber number was only effective at low values, while momentum ratio remarkably impacted the trajectory.

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Jaberi, A., Tadjfar, M. Visualization of two-dimensional liquid sheets issued into subsonic gaseous crossflow. J Vis 23, 605–624 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-020-00655-w

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