Atomisation of thin liquid sheets:Experiments

The process of atomization often involves ejecting thin liquid sheets at high speeds from a nozzle that causes the sheet to flap violently and break up into fine droplets. The flapping of the liquid sheet has long been attributed to the sheet’s interaction with the surrounding gas phase. The goal of the experiments is to test the hypothesis that the flapping is caused by the thinning of the liquid sheet as it spreads out from the nozzle exit. Experiments will be performed with both Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids. The influence of flow parameters on the drop-size distribution would be determined. Mathematical analysis along with machine learning algorithms would be used to analyse the drop-size distribution.