Atomization and Sprays, Vol.5, No.6, 603-620, 1995
Comparisons between experiments and predictions based on maximum entropy for the breakup of a cylindrical liquid jet
A motion analyzer was used to measure the size and velocity distributions of droplets generated by the disintegration of a cylindrical liquid jet. The breakup of the liquid jet under consideration contains satellite droplets interspersed among the primary droplets, thus resulting in a bimodal distribution in size. The integrated velocity distribution of droplets is not Gaussian. The maximum entropy principle is used to model this phenomenon. Agreement between the model and the measurements is reasonably good.