A combined experimental and computational fluid dynamics analysis of the dynamics of drop formation

Fawehinmi, O., Gaskell, P., Jimack, P.K., Kapur, N. and Thompson, H. (2005) A combined experimental and computational fluid dynamics analysis of the dynamics of drop formation. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part C, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 219 (9). 933-947(15). ISSN 0954-4062

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Abstract

This article presents a complementary experimental and computational investigation of the effect of viscosity and flowrate on the dynamics of drop formation in the dripping mode. In contrast to previous studies, numerical simulations are performed with two popular commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) packages, CFX and FLOW-3D, both of which employ the volume of fluid (VOF) method. Comparison with previously published experimental and computational data and new experimental results reported here highlight the capabilities and limitations of the aforementioned packages.

Item Type:	Article
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© IMechE 2005. This is an author produced version of a paper published in 'Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part C, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science'.
Keywords:	drop formation, experiments, computational fluid dynamics, VOF
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering (Leeds) > School of Computing (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces & Interfaces (iETSI) (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Repository Assistant
Date Deposited:	12 Dec 2006
Last Modified:	08 Feb 2013 17:03
Published Version:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/095440605X31788
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Professional Engineering Publishing
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1243/095440605X31788
Related URLs:	Author Organisation/Department Organisation/Department
URI:	http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/1782

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