Ligament Formation Induced by Cavitation in a Cylindrical Nozzle

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Cavitation in a cylindrical nozzle and liquid jets discharged from the nozzle are simultaneously visualized using a high-speed camera to investigate the mechanism of liquid jet atomization induced by the fully-developed cavitation. Three mirrors are used to capture the front view of liquid jet interfaces and the side view of cavitation clouds within a frame of the camera. The high-speed visualization confirms that the collapse of a cavitation cloud near the nozzle exit induces a ligament formation not only for 2D nozzles but also for cylindrical nozzles. The visualization also finds that the collapse of a large cavitation cloud tends to cause the formation of a large ligament, while that of a small cloud results in a small ligament.