Effect of Streamwise Perturbation Frequency on Formation Mechanism of Ligament and Droplet in Liquid Circular Jet

Abstract

In order to study the influence of streamwise forcing on the formation mechanism of liquid ligaments and droplets in the primary breakup process of liquid circular jet, the VOF interface capturing method-based direct numerical simulation was adopted, and a range of sinusoidal velocity disturbances with different frequencies were considered. The selected disturbance frequency range is 0–3000 kHz. This work analyzes the evolution process of the jet surface waves at different disturbance frequencies, and the coupling effect of the jet tip and liquid core on the overall spray field from overall structure, liquid ligament, and droplet formation. The results show that different disturbance frequencies affect the droplet shape distribution and size distribution in spray field. Current work provides guidance for the control of the thermoacoustic instability of the engine and design of the nozzle.

Keywords

• streamwise perturbation
• ligament formation
• droplet formation
• VOF method