A falling droplet as it falls apart

2011/10/15 by M. Jalaal, Jalaal, M., M. Schwalbach +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn) #physics.flu-dyn

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1110.3374

2 pages, video for APSDFD2011

arxiv created 2011/10/15 · arxiv updated 2011/10/18

Abstract

Using direct numerical simulations, the fragmentation of falling liquid droplets in a quiescent media is studied. Three simulations with different Eotvos numbers were performed. An adaptive volume of fluid(VOF) method based on octree meshing is used, providing a notable reduction of computational cost. The current video includes 4 main parts describing the fragmentation of the falling droplet.

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