Oscillatory Motion of a Droplet Cluster
Horizontal oscillations of small droplet clusters (from one to four droplets) levitating over a locally heated water layer in upward vapor–air flow are investigated experimentally. These oscillations are caused by a complex dynamic interaction between the droplets and the nonsteady gas flow. The pat...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of physical chemistry. C 2019-09, Vol.123 (38), p.23572-23576 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Horizontal oscillations of small droplet clusters (from one to four droplets) levitating over a locally heated water layer in upward vapor–air flow are investigated experimentally. These oscillations are caused by a complex dynamic interaction between the droplets and the nonsteady gas flow. The path of the center of the droplet cluster is similar to a random walk in a potential well. The vibrational spectra of clusters’ centers obtained by Fourier analysis showed several frequency peaks between f = 1.61 and 5.96 Hz found in all clusters, which shows that the cluster tends to oscillate as a whole. The possibility of decoupling of the aerodynamic interaction between the gas flow and the droplets and the interaction between individual droplets is discussed. |
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ISSN: | 1932-7447 1932-7455 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08194 |