Atomization and Sprays Journal of the International Institutes for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems

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2003, Volume13

Sam S. Yoon
Mechanical Engineering Department, Korea University, Anamdong, 5-Ga, Sungbukgu, Seoul, 136-713, Korea

Steve D. Heister
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

This article compares and contrasts linear stability analyses based on the deformations of an infinite liquid column and due to boundary-layer vorticity imparted to the free surface from the orifice exit plane. The bulk of the prior works, which date back to Kelvin-Helmholtz [1], Rayleigh [2], Weber [3], Taylor [4], Ponstein [5], Levich [6], Sterling and Sleicher [7], and Reitz and Bracco [8], have focused on the liquid column analysis. Though used to a lesser extent, the boundary-layer instability analysis by Brennen [9] can also be used to predict the dominant wavelength of the laminar jet. Differences between the two approaches are highlighted for sample injection conditions and injector geometries.

DOI: 10.1615/AtomizSpr.v13.i56.40 Download article, 18 pages

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