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Liquid Jet Impingement Normal to a Disk in Zero Gravity

Year: 1978

Type: article

Abstract: An experimental and analytical investigation was conducted to determine the free surface shapes of circular jets impinging normal to sharp-edged disks in zero gravity. Experiments conducted in a zero gravity drop tower yielded three distinct flow patterns which were classified in terms of the relative effects of surface tension and inertial forces. An order of magnitude analysis was conducted indicating regions where viscous forces were not significant when computing free surface shapes. The free surface analysis was simplified by transforming the governing potential flow equations and boundary conditions into the inverse plane. The resulting nonlinear equations were solved numerically and comparisons were made with the experimental data for the inertia dominated regime.

Source: Journal of Fluids Engineering

DOI: 10.1115/1.3448631

Authors: T. L. Labus, K. J. DeWitt

Institutions: Glenn Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, University of Toledo

Language: English

Topic: Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Subfield: Computational Mechanics

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

OpenAlex ID: W2015884533