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Liquid Jet Breakup and Penetration in a Gas Cross-Flow -An Experimental Study

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In the present study, an experimental platform is developed to study the behavior of the injected jet in a gas cross-flow applicable to different categories of fluid mechanics such as combustion. In all tests, water and air are used as jet and cross-flow gas, respectively. The main target of this work is to cover the higher range of momentum ratios and Weber numbers for the presentation of a more accurate equation for jet trajectory. To achieve a desirable scale of experiments, the range of momentum ratio is considered from 5 to 211 and the Weber number of gasses in all tests is between 1.1–19.1. For data mining and measurements, the shadowgraph method is used. It is shown that by increasing the momentum ratio (about 84%), the breakup point height is increased (about 94%). Three different types of breakups were observed in the tests. It observed that as the Weber number increases, the type of jet column mechanism changes. It also revealed that the type of breakup mechanism would not have a significant effect on the jet trajectory. In addition, it demonstrated that the momentum ratio parameter would have a decisive role in the direction of jet motion, and as the momentum ratio increases, the jet column height increases. Finally, an equation for the trajectory of jet flight under all test conditions is presented.

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  1. Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    M. Pourrousta

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran

    M. M. Larimi & P. Hedayati

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    M. Biglarian

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Pourrousta, M., Larimi, M.M., Biglarian, M. et al. Liquid Jet Breakup and Penetration in a Gas Cross-Flow -An Experimental Study. Exp Tech (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40799-023-00668-8

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