Numerical investigation on the primary breakup of an inelastic non-Newtonian liquid jet with inflow turbulence

摘要

Direct Numerical Simulations of the primary breakup of an inelastic non-Newtonian liquid jet with inflow turbulence are presented in this paper. The jet's structure, surface behavior, non-Newtonian characteristics as well as its specific breakup mechanism are investigated and discussed. The shear thinning viscosity of the liquid phase plays an important role during jet injection resulting in circumferential rotation of interfacial waves. Streamwise contra-rotating vortex pairs as well as triple vortex structures are observed in the liquid phase. The local Ohnesorge number, which has a branch-structure distribution in the liquid phase before disintegration, is found to be 30% smaller in regions near the nozzle exit and in the shear layer than in the jet tip, suggesting a clear non-Newtonian influence. A cavity breakup mechanism for this type of non-Newtonian jet is identified and explained, giving a new perspective for jet disintegration analysis.