Skip to main content
Log in

Capillary instability of an annular liquid jet surrounding a solid cylinder

I.—Annular liquid jet surrounding a solid cylinder

  • Published:
Il Nuovo Cimento D

Summary

The capillary instability of an annular liquid jet surrounding a solid cylinder is presented. A general dispersion equation is derived based on the linear-perturbation technique. The instability as well as stability characteristics of that model are identified analytically and confirmed numerically. The model is unstable only to the axisymmetric perturbation whose wavelengths are longer than the circumference of the liquid jet, while it is stable to all other perturbations. The maximum temporal amplification values prevailing on such a model are fairly lower than those of the full liquid jet. The thicker the solid cylinder, whether it is regular or irregular, the larger is its stabilizing effect.

Riassunto

Si presenta l’instabilità capillare di un getto anulare di liquido che circonda un cilindro solido. Si deduce un’equazione generale di dispersione basata sulla tecnica di perturbazione lineare. Le caratteristiche d’instabilità cosí come quelle di stabilità di quel modello si identificano analiticamente e sono confermate numericamente. Il modello è instabile solo rispetto alla perturbazione assisimmetrica, le cui lunghezze d’onda sono piú lunghe della circonferenza del getto di liquido, mentre è stabile rispetto a tutte le altre perturbazioni. I valori massimi dell’amplificazione temporale che prevalgono in tale modello sono molto piú bassi di quelli del pieno flusso di liquido. Piú spesso è il cilindro solido sia esso regolare o irregolare, maggiore il suo effetto stabilizzante.

Резюме

Анализируется капиллярная неустойчивость кольцевой жидкой струи. окружающей твердьй цилиндр. Выводится общее дисперсионное уравнение. основанное на линейной пертурбационной технике. Неустойчивость, а также характеристики устойчивости в этой модели определяются аналитически и подтверждаются численно. Предложенная модель оказывается неустойчнвой только для осесимметричных возмушений, длины волн которых превышают окружность жидкой струи, и является устойчивой для всех других возмущений. Максимальные значения временного увеличения в такой модели оказываются довольно низкими. Стабилизирующий эффект увеличивается с толщиной твердого цилиндра.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. S. Chandrasekhar:Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability (Dover Publ., New York, N.Y., 1981).

    Google Scholar 

  2. M. T. Plateau:Smithsonian Report (Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1863), p. 250.

    Google Scholar 

  3. J. W. Rayleigh:Proc. R. Soc. London,29, 71 (1879).

    Google Scholar 

  4. J. W. Rayleigh:Scientific Papers (Cambridge, 1899), p. 361.

  5. J. W. Rayleigh:The Theory of Sound (Dover Publ., New York, N.Y., 1945).

    Google Scholar 

  6. C. Weber:Z. Angew. Math. Mech.,11, 136 (1931).

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  7. N. C. Yuen:J. Fluid Mech.,33, 151 (1968).

    Article  MATH  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. D. P. Wang:J. Fluid Mech.,34, 299 (1968).

    Article  MATH  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. A. H. Nayfeh:Phys. Fluids,13, 841 (1970).

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  10. A. H. Nayfeh andS. Hassan:J. Fluid Mech.,48, 63 (1971).

    MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  11. T. Kakutani, Y. Inoue andI. Kan:J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.,37, 529 (1974).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. T. Kawahara:J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.,35, 1537 (1973).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. J. M. Kendall:Phys. Fluids,29, 2086 (1986).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. A. E. Radwan andD. K. Callebaut:Proc. Europ. Phys. Soc. D,10, 11 (1986).

    Google Scholar 

  15. M. Abramowitz andI. Stegun:Handbook of Mathematical Functions (Dover Publ., New York, N.Y., 1965), p. 376.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Radwan, A.E. Capillary instability of an annular liquid jet surrounding a solid cylinder. Il Nuovo Cimento D 9, 1233–1243 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02454724

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02454724

PACS.51.90

Navigation