The disruption of liquid droplets, due to velocity shear in a compressible gas flow, was examined through the use of a computational model. An experimental investigation was then conducted to determine the accuracy of the model. Water droplets with a diameter of 50 micrometer and 80 micrometer, created using a 30 micrometer drop-on-demand dispenser, were injected longitudinally into a small, minimum-length, Mach 2 wind tunnel. Shadowgraph images illustrate the computational model gives a reasonable approximation of the actual disruption time.

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Creator

• Young, Adam C.
• Martin, Edwin Adelbert

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 01D203M

Advisor

• Hermanson, James C.

Year

• 2001

Sponsor

• National Science Foundation, Washington, DC

Date created

• 2001-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright