Elasticity affects the shock-induced aerobreakup of a polymeric droplet

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Main Authors: Chandra, Navin Kumar, Sharma, Shubham, Basu, Saptarshi, Kumar, Aloke
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Published: 2024
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author Chandra, Navin Kumar
Sharma, Shubham
Basu, Saptarshi
Kumar, Aloke
author_facet Chandra, Navin Kumar
Sharma, Shubham
Basu, Saptarshi
Kumar, Aloke
contents Boger fluids are viscoelastic liquids having constant viscosity for a broad range of shear rates. They are commonly used to separate the effects of liquid elasticity from viscosity in any experiment. We present an experimental study on the shock-induced aerobreakup of a Boger fluid droplet in the Shear-induced entrainment (SIE) and catastrophic breakup regime (Weber number ranging from ~ 800 to 5000). The results are compared with the aerobreakup of a Newtonian droplet having similar viscosity, and with shear-thinning droplets. The study aims to identify the role of liquid elasticity without the added complexity of simultaneous shear-thinning behavior. It is observed that at the early stages of droplet breakup, liquid elasticity plays an insignificant role, and all the fluids show similar behavior. However, during the late stages, the impact of liquid elasticity becomes dominant, which results in a markedly different morphology of the fragmenting liquid mass compared to a Newtonian droplet.
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spellingShingle Elasticity affects the shock-induced aerobreakup of a polymeric droplet
Chandra, Navin Kumar
Sharma, Shubham
Basu, Saptarshi
Kumar, Aloke
Fluid Dynamics
Soft Condensed Matter
Boger fluids are viscoelastic liquids having constant viscosity for a broad range of shear rates. They are commonly used to separate the effects of liquid elasticity from viscosity in any experiment. We present an experimental study on the shock-induced aerobreakup of a Boger fluid droplet in the Shear-induced entrainment (SIE) and catastrophic breakup regime (Weber number ranging from ~ 800 to 5000). The results are compared with the aerobreakup of a Newtonian droplet having similar viscosity, and with shear-thinning droplets. The study aims to identify the role of liquid elasticity without the added complexity of simultaneous shear-thinning behavior. It is observed that at the early stages of droplet breakup, liquid elasticity plays an insignificant role, and all the fluids show similar behavior. However, during the late stages, the impact of liquid elasticity becomes dominant, which results in a markedly different morphology of the fragmenting liquid mass compared to a Newtonian droplet.
title Elasticity affects the shock-induced aerobreakup of a polymeric droplet
topic Fluid Dynamics
Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06539