Instability of a liquid jet emerging from a droplet upon collision with a solid surface
Instability of a liquid jet emerging from a droplet upon collision with a solid surface
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DOI:
10.1063/1.870259
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发表时间:
2000-03-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Chun, JH
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作者:
Kim, HY;Feng, ZC;Chun, JH
A linear perturbation theory is developed to investigate the interface instabilities of a radially-expanding, liquid jet in cylindrical geometries. The theory is applied to rapidly spreading droplets upon collision with solid surfaces as the fundamental mechanism behind splashing. The analysis is based on the observation that the instability of the liquid sheet, i.e., the formation of the fingers at the spreading front, develops in the extremely early stages of droplet impact. The shape evolution of the interface in the very early stages of spreading is numerically simulated based on the axisymmetric solutions obtained by a theoretical model. The effects that factors such as the transient profile of an interface radius, the perturbation onset time, and the Weber number have on the analysis results are examined. This study shows that a large impact inertia, associated with a high Weber number, promotes interface instability, and prefers high wave number for maximum instability. The numbers of fingers at the spreading front of droplets predicted by the model agree well with those experimentally observed. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S1070-6631(00)00503-1].