The production of small fluid droplets relies on an instability of solutions to the Young-Laplace equation. We ask whether smaller droplets can be produced by changing the shape of the nozzle. At a given critical pressure, the circular nozzle actually produces the largest droplet. The droplet volume can be decreased by up to 18% using a triangular nozzle with stretched corners.

The vortical and turbulent structure changes in the near field (X/D<3.0) of the jet mixing flow caused by a lobed nozzle had been investigated experimentally in the present study. The techniques of planar Laser Induced Fluoresce (LIF) and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) were used to accomplish the flow visualization and velocity field measurements. The experimental results showed that, compare...

Abstract. The changes in vortical and turbulent structure in the near field (X/D < 3.0) of jet mixing flow caused by a lobed nozzle were investigated experimentally in the present study. The techniques of planar laser induced fluorescence and particle image velocimetry were used to accomplish flow visualization and velocity field measurements. The experimental results showed that, compared with...

Abstract:-The FSAE guidelines state that it is mandatory for each and every car participating in the said event to have a single circular 20mm restrictor in the intake system. All the air flowing to the engine must pass through this restrictor. Conventionally, a Venturi Nozzle is used as a restrictor. In our research, we have proposed two Nozzles: De-Laval Nozzle and Bell Nozzle as an alternati...

condensing flows in nozzles and fixed blades of steam turbine have always been the subject of many studies.in such flows, existence of liquid phase in vapor changes the nature of the flow. the major of changes are due to four main mechanisms included nucleation, droplet growth, coalescence and breakage of droplets. in this paper,the effects of coalescence process between droplets have been inve...

A stable meniscus is formed by a circular nozzle dispensing water over a heated circular face of a rotating cylindrical copper block. The nozzle is offset from the axis of rotation of the copper block and thus a moving meniscus is formed on the surface. The water flow rate, heater surface temperature, and the speed of rotation are controlled to provide a stable meniscus with continuous evaporat...

A supersonic expansion containing acetylene seeded into Ar and produced from a circular nozzle is investigated using CW/cavity ring down spectroscopy, in the 1.5 lm range. The results, also involving experiments with pure acetylene and acetylene-He expansions, as well as slit nozzles, demonstrate that the denser central section in the expansion is slightly heated by the formation of acetylene a...

In a continuing effort to study the mixing enhancement by large-scale streamwise vortices generated by a lobed nozzle, a high-resolution stereoscopic particle image velocimetry ~PIV! system was used in the present study to conduct three-dimensional measurements of air jet flows exhausted from a lobed nozzle and a conventional circular nozzle. The three-dimensional instantaneous and ensemble-ave...

Information concerning the flow characteristics of pneumatic components is essential not only for selecting the right component at the design stage, but also for the simulation and the validation of different performances of a circuit. Recently, some works concerning the revision of the ISO 6358:1989 standard [1] have concerned both the mathematical approximation of the mass flow rate character...