Entrainment in multifluid systems, and rotation induced occurrences

SK Panda, BK Rana, P Kumar - European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluid entrainment is a complex and deeply attractive phenomenon that is frequently
encountered in both industry and nature. In general, entrainment deals with the basic …

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 …

Rotational flux influenced cusp entrainment in a viscous pool

SK Panda, BK Rana - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Evolution of entrained gaseous cusp in a viscous liquid pool caused by a fully immersed
horizontal revolving circular drum is elucidated thoroughly. Finite volume-based open …

Modified Magnus effect and vortex modes of rotating cylinder due to interaction with free surface in two-phase flow

J Lin, HD Yao - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
When employing rotating cylinders as ship anti-rolling devices based on the Magnus effect,
the cylinders are near the free surface. However, most of the previous studies on rotating …

Characterization of air entrainment using a pair of vertically aligned revolving rollers

SK Panda, BK Rana - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The present study reports the characterization of air entrainment within a viscous liquid pool
using a pair of revolving rollers. The rollers are aligned vertically. The top roller (first roller) is …

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 …

Gaseous entrainment dynamics in a viscous pool due to combined influence of asymmetric rotational field and crossflow of air

SK Panda, BK Rana - Journal of Fluids Engineering, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Efforts are made to perform simulations to describe the gaseous entrainment dynamics in a
viscous liquid pool due to the combined influence of asymmetric converging rotational field …