Mechanism of collision and drainage of liquid droplet around sphere placed within a hollow cylinder

PC Sahoo, JR Senapati, BK Rana - Computers & Fluids, 2024 - Elsevier
It is attempted earnestly to elucidate the mechanism of collision and drainage of liquid mass
around the spherical substrate suspended within the hollow cylinder using Gerris open …

Understanding of head-on coalescence of binary drops onto a cylindrical target

PC Sahoo, JR Senapati, BK Rana - Chemical Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, a numerical exercise in understanding the binary head-on collision of equal-
sized vertically aligned drops on the cylindrical substrate is reported. Subsequently, radial …

Influence of the immersion ratio of a revolving roller on the film coating and entrainment dynamics

SK Panda, BK Rana - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The present study reports a thorough physical understanding of the film coating and air cusp
entrainment dynamics in a viscous liquid pool caused by a partially immersed revolving …

Characterization of droplet impact dynamics onto a stationary solid torus

PC Sahoo, JR Senapati, BK Rana - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The impingement mechanism of a liquid droplet on a solid torus surface is demonstrated
using numerical simulations and an analytical approach. A computational model employing …

Interfacial dynamics around a swirling roller in the presence of oppositely imposed horizontal crossflows

SK Panda, BK Rana - Journal of Fluids Engineering, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The behavior of interfacial dynamics around a swirling circular drum is reported in the
presence of horizontal crossflows of gaseous phase. A constant submergence ratio of the …

Influence of a pair of unequal rotational fluxes on entrained gaseous filament

SK Panda, BK Rana - Journal of Fluids Engineering, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Efforts are made to elucidate a comprehensive analysis of entrainment dynamics triggered
by a couple of unequal rotational fluxes within a viscous pool. Cylindrical rollers are …

Characterization of Droplet Collision and Breakup on a Hemispherical Target

PC Sahoo, JR Senapati, BK Rana - Industrial & Engineering …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In the present work, simulation results are obtained to characterize the liquid drop
impingement and pinch-off mechanism on a hemispherical substrate. Several critical stages …

Mixed convection flows from a revolving cylindrical cavity

A Shah, BK Rana - Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Efforts are made to describe the thermofluidic behavior around a spinning hot cylindrical
open cavity with negligible wall thickness suspended in air within the laminar regime …

Role of horizontal crossflow on gaseous bubble passage through the liquid–liquid interface

JK Patel, BK Rana - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The present work reports a computational analysis of gaseous bubble bypass through the
liquid–liquid interface in the presence of horizontal crossflow. The volume of fluid …