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Entrained droplets in underexpanded gas jet in water

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A visualization study was performed to investigate the flow of an underexpanded nitrogen gas jet injected into water. The stagnation pressure was varied in the range 0.5–8.0 MPa. The gas jet length and expansion angle were obtained from time-averaged images captured using a high-speed camera. The gas jet length and expansion angle increased approximately linearly with increasing stagnation pressure. The entrainment velocity and the velocity of entrained water droplets in the gas jet were obtained by particle image velocimetry.

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This research was conducted in collaboration with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA).

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  1. Energy Technology Research Institutes of AIST, 1-2-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8564, Japan

    Satoshi Someya

  2. Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, Kankyo 221, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8563, Japan

    Satoshi Someya, Mitsunori Uchida, Yanrong Li & Koji Okamoto

  3. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 4002, Oarai, Ibaraki, 311-1393, Japan

    Hiroyuki Ohshima

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Someya, S., Uchida, M., Li, Y. et al. Entrained droplets in underexpanded gas jet in water. J Vis 14, 225–236 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-011-0089-7

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