Experimental study on the stability and breakup of a planar liquid sheet under a standing wave acoustic field

With experiments and theory the effect of acoustic parameters on the stability and break up of a planar liquid sheet under the influence of a standing acoustic wave are studied. Atomization characteristics of slit nozzles and the effects of acoustic pressure and injector position are analyzed. Above a critical acoustic pressure the standing wave acoustic field generates a Faraday wave on the liquid sheet surface. At a specific flow rate an empirical coefficient is found which enables linear instability theory to predict the wavelength of the Faraday waves and the breakup length of the liquid sheet.