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The ejecta sheet generated by the impact of a drop

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2002

S. T. THORODDSEN
S. T. THORODDSEN
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
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Abstract

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When a drop impacts on a liquid layer it ejects a thin horizontal sheet of liquid, emanating from the neck region connecting the two liquid masses. Dual-frame imaging and pulsed lasers are used to study the origin, speed and evolution of this ejecta sheet for a range of viscosities. The initial ejecta speed can be more than 10 times the impact velocity of the drop. Visualizations using fluorescent dye show the sheet originating from the underlying liquid layer, not the drop liquid. The sheet undergoes a characteristic instability, bending out of its plane and hitting the bottom layer. For some impact conditions the sheet folds in on itself.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 451 , 25 January 2002 , pp. 373 - 381
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press