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Water-drop response to sudden accelerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

P. G. Simpkins  and
E. L. Bales
P. G. Simpkins
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, Whippany, N.J.
E. L. Bales
Affiliation:
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J.
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Abstract

The deformation of initially spherical drops of radius r0 subjected to an external flow of velocity u is experimentally examined for a large range of Weber and Bond numbers. Observations of the changes in the response are compared with recent analytical predictions. The data show that beyond a critical Weber number the response ceases to be vibratory and becomes monotonic with time. Subsequently, it is found that, although the response is unstable, the deformation imposed by the external aerodynamic pressure distribution remains the dominant factor. Measurements of the drag coefficient yield a mean value ofCD = 2·5 over a large Reynolds-number range. The time at which Taylor instability occurs is shown to be inversely proportional to Bond number to the one-quarter power. There is little evidence of the instability occurring until a normalized time $t^{*} = (\epsilon^{\frac{1}{2}}\bar{t}u/r_0)$ is approximately unity; here ε is the gas/liquid density ratio (ρ/ρ′) and $\bar{t}$ is the real time.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 55 , Issue 4 , 24 October 1972 , pp. 629 - 639
Copyright
© 1972 Cambridge University Press

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