Interaction of droplet dispersion and evaporation in a polydispersed spray

S Sahu, Y Hardalupas, A Taylor - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
The interaction between droplet dispersion and evaporation in an acetone spray
evaporating under ambient conditions is experimentally studied with an aim to understand …

Effect of fluctuation on heat transfer enhancement of a spherical particle

L Feng, Y Wu, H Guo, Z Hu, S Zhang, H Zhou - … Communications in Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heat transfer of a particle in turbulent flows is essential, while the study on the effect of
turbulent fluctuation on the heat transfer enhancement of a spherical particle is rarely …

Sand-turbulence interaction in a high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layer under net sedimentation conditions

HY Zhu, C Pan, JJ Wang, YR Liang, XC Ji - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Simultaneous two-phase particle image/tracking velocimetry (PIV/PTV) measurements are
conducted on a particle-laden turbulent boundary layer (TBL) over a horizontal smooth-flat …

Spatial evolution of multi-scale droplet clusters in an evaporating spray

N Pandurangan, S Sahu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Evaporative sprays are encountered in a wide range of engineering applications. Since
clustering of droplets in sprays leads to strong inhomogeneity in the spatial distribution of …

Effect of air turbulence and fuel composition on bi-component droplet evaporation

U Patel, S Sahu - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the influence of fuel composition and air turbulence on evaporation of bi-
component fuel droplet is the aim of the current investigation. Experiments were carried out …

Droplet clustering and local spray unsteadiness in air-assisted sprays

M Manish, S Sahu - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The clustering of droplets in air-assisted water sprays operating under ambient atmospheric
conditions is experimentally studied with the aim to characterize the droplet clusters and …

Droplet–turbulence interaction in a confined polydispersed spray: effect of turbulence on droplet dispersion

S Sahu, Y Hardalupas, A Taylor - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
The effect of entrained air turbulence on dispersion of droplets (with Stokes number based
on the Kolmogorov time scale,). The length scales of droplet clusters increased towards the …

A novel approach for conditional measurement of droplet size distribution within droplet clusters in sprays

V Boddapati, M Manish, S Sahu - Experiments in Fluids, 2020 - Springer
A novel method for conditional measurement of droplet size distribution within droplet
clusters in sprays is reported in this paper. The salient feature of this approach is the …

Analysis of group evaporation characteristics of droplet clusters in an evaporating spray

N Pandurangan, S Sahu - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Droplet clustering in sprays refers to the dynamic evolution of highly concentrated regions
due to the preferential accumulation of the polydisperse droplets in the turbulent airflow …

A complex network framework for studying particle-laden flows

K Shri Vignesh, S Tandon, P Kasthuri, RI Sujith - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Studying particle-laden flows is essential for understanding diverse physical processes such
as rain formation in clouds, pathogen transmission, and pollutant dispersal. This work …