Linear and nonlinear analyses of the instabilities and distortion of liquid streams injected
into a gaseous media are discussed. The various fundamental mechanisms and the …

The second edition of this long-time bestseller provides a framework for designing and
understanding sprays for a wide array of engineering applications. The text contains …

Because of the importance of multiphase flows in a wide variety of industries, including
power, petroleum, and numerous processing industries, an understanding of the behavior …

A linear stability analysis is presented for a liquid sheet that includes the effects of the
surrounding gas, surface tension and the liquid viscosity on the wave growth process. An …

To model sprays from pressure-swirl atomizers, the connection between the injector and the
downstream spray must be considered. A new model for pressure-swirl atomizers is …

The two-phase mixing layer formed between parallel gas and liquid streams is an important
fundamental problem in turbulent multiphase flows. The problem is relevant to many …

Atomization is an intricate operation involving unstable and complex networks with rupture
and fusion of liquid molecules. There are diverse details that typify the spray formation …

New insight into the mechanism of liquid jet in crossflow atomization is provided by an
analysis technique based on proper orthogonal decomposition and spectral analysis. Data …

An experimental and numerical study has been performed to improve the understanding of
the air/liquid interaction in an air-blasted breaking water sheet. This research is focused in …

The temporal evolution of three-dimensional instabilities on a planar liquid sheet segment is
studied using direct numerical simulation, and the level-set and volume-of-fluid methods for …