Deformation process of a laminar round vortex ring interacting with a sharp density interface was observed experimentally by means of the flow visualization technique based on the PLIF method. Simultaneous images both in a meridian plane and in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the ring axis were captured during the interacting process. For the relatively 'weak' vortex ring compared with the density difference, a second oppositely-signed vortical structure was generated soon after penetrating through the interface and then a circumferentially wavy structure was observed to appear before the ring started to collapse.
The impact behavior is a fundamental phenomenon because it can be seen several research fields. Then, the impact behavior of a small refrigerant drop on water surface was visualized by using high-speed video camera. The refrigerant liquid was attached inside of the concavity in after impacting. Afterward the refrigerant liquid collected in the bottom of the concavity. The shape of the concavity was consisted of the two frustums. One was for air and another was for refrigerant liquid. A refrigerant drop with a small bubble, which was trapped inside of the refrigerant drop, fell in water. When the dropping height was changed from 70mm to 150mm, the both of sizes of falling refrigerant drop in water and a trapped bubble were independent from the initial height.