Laboratory Measurements of Small Raindrop Distortion. Part I: Axis Ratios and Fall Behavior
Laboratory Measurements of Small Raindrop Distortion. Part I: Axis Ratios and Fall Behavior
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小雨滴畸变的实验室测量。
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1991
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通讯作者:
H. Ochs
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K. Beard;R. Kubesh;H. Ochs
Abstract The resonant interactions between eddy shedding and drop oscillations postulated by Gunn for millimeter diameter raindrops were investigated in a series of laboratory measurements of axis ratio and fall behavior for water drops of d = 0.70–1.54 mm. Drops were produced at terminal velocity using a orifice-jet drop generator and allowed to fall several meters so that the initial oscillations (produced during jet break up) decayed to a negligible amplitude before the drop shape was recorded using stroboscopic photographs. The measured axis ratios had equilibrium values for the smallest sizes (d = 0.70–0.96 mm), but scattered somewhat above equilibrium at intermediate sizes (d = 1.04–1.29 mm). An order of magnitude larger scatter in axis ratio, extending above and below equilibrium, was found for the largest sizes (d = 1.40–1.54 mm) with the average axis ratio being larger than equilibrium. All but the smallest drops displayed a sideways drift varying from 1% of the terminal velocity for d = 0.82–1.0...