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40 2. Mathematical Modeling<br />

surrounding gas on the droplets. Buoyancy force is equal to the weight of the displaced<br />

gas due to droplet motion.<br />

The added mass force, defined by second term in the right hand side of Eq. (2.62),<br />

accounts for the acceleration of the gas due to the droplet motion. When a droplet<br />

accelerates in gas, it implies an acceleration of the surrounding gas at the expense of<br />

the force exerted by the droplet. Since the added mass force depends on the fluid<br />

density, it is often neglected for droplets much denser than the gas [177]. In this work,<br />

the ratio between liquid density and gas density is about 10 3 , so the effect of added<br />

mass can be neglected.<br />

The unsteady behavior of the droplet, buoyancy effects, compressibility of the gas,<br />

rotation effects, the fluid motion within the droplet or other subtle forces are not<br />

consi<strong>der</strong>ed. It can be shown [174] that terms originating from these phenomena are<br />

negligible for large ratios of droplet to gas densities, and for low droplet Mach numbers,<br />

Ma = |u − v|/c < 0.03, where c is the speed of sound in the gas.<br />

2.4.3 Droplet Breakup<br />

Liquid drops generated from the primary breakup of the liquid sheet, moving in the<br />

surrounding gas may un<strong>der</strong>go further breakup or disintegration un<strong>der</strong> certain conditions,<br />

leading to formation of smaller droplets. This phenomenon is called as droplet<br />

breakup or secondary atomization. The exact mechanisms of the droplet breakup is<br />

not yet completely un<strong>der</strong>stood as there are many uncertainties in the quantitative description<br />

of the process. The relative motion between a droplet and the surrounding<br />

gas causes a non-uniform distribution of pressure and shear stress on the droplet surface,<br />

which results in deformation of the droplet and cause it to disintegrate when<br />

they overcome the opposing force of surface tension. The newly formed droplets may<br />

still un<strong>der</strong>go further breakup until surface tension force of the newly formed droplet<br />

is higher than the external forces. The work of Pilch and Erdmann [178] explained<br />

the various regimes of breakup, which are depicted in Fig. 2.6. Faeth et al. [70] and<br />

Faeth [72] give an overview of existing mechanisms of droplet breakup.<br />

According to Faeth et al. [70], the breakup regime transitions are mainly functions<br />

of the gas Weber number, We g , and the Ohnesorge number, Oh. The Weber number<br />

is defined as the ratio between the drag force to surface tension force, written as<br />

We g = 2rρ g|u − v| 2<br />

, (2.67)<br />

σ<br />

where σ is the surface tension and r is the droplet radius. The Ohnesorge number,<br />

represents the ratio of viscous forces to inertial and surface tension forces, given as<br />

Oh =<br />

µ l<br />

√ 2ρl rσ , (2.68)

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