Sheet, ligament and droplet formation in swirling primary atomization

Sheet, ligament and droplet formation in swirling primary atomization

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We report direct numerical simulations of swirling liquid atomization to understand the physical mechanism underlying the sheet breakup of a non-turbulent liquid Roller Blades swirling jet which lacks in-depth investigation.The volume-of-fluid (VOF) method coupled with adapted mesh refinement (AMR) technique in GERRIS code is employed in the present simulation.The mechanisms of sheet, ligament and droplet formation are investigated.

It is observed that the olive-shape sheet structure is similar to the experimental result qualitatively.The numerical results show Rear Endcap that surface tension, pressure difference and swirling effect contribute to the contraction and extension of liquid sheet.The ligament formation is partially at the sheet rim or attributed to the extension of liquid hole.

Especially, the movement of hairpin vortex exerts by an anti-radial direction force to the sheet surface and leads to the sheet thinness.In addition, droplet formation is attributed to breakup of ligament and central sheet.