Review of flow control for atomization and sprays: Application section

W He, Z Luo, X Deng, S Feng, T Gao, Z Dong - International Journal of Heat …, 2025 - Elsevier
The enhancement and inhibition of atomization and sprays cover various fields such as
industry, agriculture, and biomedical, among others. However, due to the complex …

Experimental study on the oscillatory Kelvin–Helmholtz instability of a planar liquid sheet in the presence of axial oscillating gas flow

B Jia, L Xie, X Deng, B He, L Yang… - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
The oscillatory Kelvin–Helmholtz (K–H) instability of a planar liquid sheet was
experimentally investigated in the presence of an axial oscillating gas flow. An experimental …

Review on spray characteristics of liquid–liquid injectors in liquid rocket engines

Y Xie, J Zhang, M Sun, J Wu, P Li, B An, C Liang… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Impinging-jet injectors, liquid–liquid coaxial swirl injectors, and liquid–liquid pintle injectors
are representative liquid–liquid injectors in liquid rocket engines (LRE). For these liquid …

Experimental study on the stability and breakup of a planar liquid sheet under a standing wave acoustic field

B Jia, T Wang, Q Fu, L Yang - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
When combustion instability occurs—in addition to periodic change in the nozzle flow rate
caused by pressure oscillation—the instability of the liquid sheet is also affected by pressure …

Modal analysis of the liquid sheet breakup with and without acoustic forcing

S Dighe, H Gadgil - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of the present study is to understand the coupling between the acoustics and
the sheet atomization process. The phenomenon is studied through modal decompositions …

Numerical investigation on response characteristics of bi-swirl coaxial injector under oscillating backpressure

W Chu, Y Tong, X Li, K Guo, W Nie - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The response characteristics of the bi-swirl coaxial injector under oscillating backpressure
were investigated numerically based on coupled level-set and volume of fluid model. The …

On the nature of instabilities in externally perturbed liquid sheets

S Dighe, H Gadgil - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
The evolution of the interfacial instabilities on a smooth and laminar liquid sheet formed by
the oblique impingement of two liquid jets is investigated in the presence of external …

Energy budget of a viscoelastic planar liquid sheet in the presence of gas velocity oscillations

B Jia, L Xie, L Yang, Q Fu, X Cui - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This study investigates the energy budget of a viscoelastic planar liquid sheet in the
presence of gas velocity oscillations. The energy budget is studied in different unstable …

Axial Acoustic Velocity Interaction with Hollow Cone Liquid Sheet in a Swirling Flow Field

IB Aravind, RR Bhattacharjee… - Atomization and …, 2023 - dl.begellhouse.com
This experimental investigation concerns the effect of imposed axial acoustic velocity
fluctuations on the primary atomization of a hollow cone liquid sheet in the presence of a …

Atomisation of an acoustically levitated droplet: experimental observations of myriad complex phenomena

SK Saroj, RM Thaokar - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
We report the dynamics of a droplet levitated in a multi-emitter, single-axis acoustic levitator.
The deformation and atomisation behaviour of the droplet in the acoustic field displays …