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EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL FRAMEWORK FOR STUDY OF LOW VELOCITY WATER DROPLET IMPACT DYNAMICS
BR Mitchell, A Nassiri, MR Locke, JC Klewicki, YP Korkolis, BL Kinsey
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME 11TH INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CONFERENCE, 2016, VOL 1 | AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.1115/MSEC20168874
Abstract
Impacting water droplets are capable of eroding soil, rock, turbine blades and even high speed aircraft. Research has shown that high velocity water droplet impingement onto a solid workpiece can strip paint, remove rust, and serve as a machining operation. This technique is different from waterjet cutting as a train of water droplets are used to transport momentum to a workpiece rather than a continuous jet. Also, no abrasive medium is used which produces an environmentally friendly process. The exploitation of this water droplet impact phenomenon in industrial applications as a means to deform and remove material does not currently exist. If the impact dynamics of water droplets can be und..
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