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Droplet cloud formation upon disintegration of free-falling water ball

E. E. Meshkov, V. O. Oreshkov, G. M. Yanbaev

Sarov State Institute of Physics and Technology

Abstract: Free fall of an approximately spherical water ball with a volume within 0.1–0.5 l from the state of rest at an altitude of up to $\sim$5 m was experimentally studied. The deformation of the liquid ball under the action of aerodynamic forces and instabilities leads to its disintegration with the formation of a droplet cloud with rapidly growing dimensions in both longitudinal (vertical) and lateral directions.

Received: 14.02.2011

 English version: Technical Physics Letters, 2011, 37:8, 728–730

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