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Characteristics of impact-driven high-speed liquid jets in water

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This paper describes a preliminary investigation of the characteristics of high-speed water jets injected into water from an orifice. The high-speed jets were generated by the impact of a projectile launched by a horizontal single-stage powder gun and submerged in a water test chamber. The ensuing impact-driven high-speed water jets in the water were visualized by the shadowgraph technique, and the images were recorded by a high-speed digital video camera. The processes following such jet injection into water, the jet-induced shock waves, shock wave propagation, the bubble behavior, bubble collapse-induced rebound shock waves and bubble cloud re-generation were observed. Peak over-pressures of about 24 and 35 GPa measured by a Polyvinylidence difluoride (PVDF) piezoelectric film pressure sensor were generated by the jet impingement and the bubble impingement, respectively. The peak over-pressure was found to decrease exponentially as the stand-off distance between the PVDF pressure sensor and the nozzle exit increases.

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The authors are grateful to Thailand Research Fund (TRF, contact No. MRG5180046), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ubon Rat-chathani University and National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) for financial supports.

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  1. Combustion and Jet Application Research Laboratory (CJARL), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ubon Ratchathani University, Ubon Ratchathani, 34190, Thailand

    A. Matthujak & C. Kasamnimitporn

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ubon Ratchathani University, Ubon Ratchathani, 34190, Thailand

    W. Sittiwong & K. Pianthong

  3. Shock Wave Interdisciplinary Application Division, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan

    K. Takayama

  4. School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

    B. E. Milton

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Matthujak, A., Kasamnimitporn, C., Sittiwong, W. et al. Characteristics of impact-driven high-speed liquid jets in water. Shock Waves 23, 105–114 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-013-0431-1

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