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Image of absolute instability in a liquid jet

1997; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 9; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1063/1.869422

1527-2435

I. Vihinen, Andrew Honohan, S. P. Lin,

Combustion and flame dynamics

The existence of absolute instability in a liquid jet has been predicted for some time. The disturbance grows in time and propagates both upstream and downstream in an absolutely unstable liquid jet. The image of absolute instability is captured in the NASA 2.2 sec drop tower, and is reported here.