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Short-term dynamics of a density interface following an impact

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2007

A. ANTKOWIAK ,
N. BREMOND ,
S. LE DIZÈS  and
E. VILLERMAUX
A. ANTKOWIAK
Affiliation:
IRPHÉ, Aix–Marseille Université, CNRS, Technopôle de Château-Gombert 49, rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie 13384 Marseille Cedex 13, France
N. BREMOND
Affiliation:
IRPHÉ, Aix–Marseille Université, CNRS, Technopôle de Château-Gombert 49, rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie 13384 Marseille Cedex 13, France
S. LE DIZÈS
Affiliation:
IRPHÉ, Aix–Marseille Université, CNRS, Technopôle de Château-Gombert 49, rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie 13384 Marseille Cedex 13, France
E. VILLERMAUX
Affiliation:
IRPHÉ, Aix–Marseille Université, CNRS, Technopôle de Château-Gombert 49, rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie 13384 Marseille Cedex 13, France Also at: Institut Universitaire de France.
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Abstract

A tube filled with a perfectly wetting liquid falls axially under its own weight. In its gravity-free reference frame, the liquid interface is deformed by surface tension into a hemispherical shape. On impact of the tube on a rigid floor, the interface curvature reverses violently, forming a concentrated jet. If the contact angle at the tube wall is such that the interface is flat, the liquid rebounds as a whole with the tube, with no deformation. We analyse this phenomenon using an impulse pressure description, providing an exact description of the initial liquid velocity field at the impact, supported by high-speed image velocimetry measurements. This initial dynamics is insensitive to liquid surface tension and viscosity.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 577 , 25 April 2007 , pp. 241 - 250
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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