Thermally Driven Instabilities of Liquid Jets

这项研究涉及小直径液体射流的破碎。实验研究将在水射流沿其长度方向周期性加热的表面上进行。为了建立作为波数函数的放大率，将测量对喷流施加的扰动的增长。尤其令人感兴趣的是，通过改变方波加热周期的频率、幅度和占空比来控制分解过程的能力。

This research concerns the breakup of small diameter jets of liquid. Experimental research will be conducted on a water jet that has had its surface heated periodically along its length. The growth of perturbations imposed on the jet will be measured in order to establish the amplification rate as a function of wavenumber. Of particular interest is the ability to control the breakup process through variation in the frequency, amplitude and duty cycle of an imposed square wave heating cycle.