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physics.flu-dyn2026

Vortex rings as hydrodynamic dispersants for mitigating underwater oil spills

Siddhant Jain, Saini Jatin Rao, Saptarshi Basu

The usage of chemical dispersant to promote the breakup of oil droplets remains one of the crucial response strategy towards controlling the rapidly rising droplets during an under…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Blast wave induced unsteady flow at the shock tube opening

Saini Jatin Rao, Akhil Aravind, Saptarshi Basu

Shock tubes have been a crucial device, facilitating studies across a wide range of practical applications. An open-ended shock tube employing the wire-explosion technique with a r…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Effect of transient shell formation on Shock-induced atomization of an evaporating nanofluid droplet

Gautham Vadlamudi, Bal Krishan, Akarsh Choudhary +1

This study investigates the shock-induced atomisation dynamics of an acoustically levitated TM-10 nanofluid droplet subjected to a coaxially propagating blast wave and subsequent c…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Insight into the combustion dynamics of ITA-driven swirl flames

SK Thirumalaikumaran, Balasundaram Mohan, Saptarshi Basu

In this article, we examine the flame, flow, and acoustic coupling of Intrinsic ThermoAcoustic (ITA) driven combustion instability using a high-shear swirl injector in a model comb…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Vortex Dynamics During Pinch-off of Micro-Droplets

Siddhant Jain, Saini Jatin Rao, Shubhadeep Mandal +2

Micro-droplets are extensively used in chemical, biological, and medical research, primarily for conducting various tests on samples, including living organisms, using a microfluid…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Self-similar Features in Secondary Breakup of a Droplet and Ligament Mediated Fragmentation under Extreme Conditions

Saini Jatin Rao, Saptarshi Basu

Droplet formation is relevant in many applications spanning natural and artificial settings. A physical understanding of aerobreakup or air-assisted secondary atomization and predi…

physics.flu-dyn2024

Effect of the blast wave interaction on the flame heat release and droplet dynamics

Gautham Vadlamudi, Balasundaram Mohan, Akhil Aravind +1

The study comprehensively investigates the response of a combusting droplet during its interaction with high-speed transient flow imposed by a coaxially propagating blast wave. The…

physics.flu-dyn2024

Insights into Spatio-temporal dynamics during shock -- droplet flame interaction

Gautham Vadlamudi, Akhil Aravind, Saini Jatin Rao +1

The study comprehensively investigates the response of a combusting droplet during its interaction with a high-speed transient flow that is imposed by a coaxially propagating blast…

physics.flu-dyn2024★ 3 cited

Dynamics of Soap Bubble Inflation

Saini Jatin Rao, Siddhant Jain, Saptarshi Basu

Bubbles have always captivated our curiosity with their aesthetics and complexities alike. While the act of blowing bubbles is familiar to everyone, the underlying physics of these…

physics.flu-dyn2024

Interaction of vortex ring with perforated plate at different included angles

Siddhant Jain, Saini Jatin Rao, Saptarshi Basu

Experiments are performed to investigate the interaction of a vortex ring (Reynolds number based on circulation (Re_Gamma = 10500) with perforated surface (open area ratio, phi_1 =…

physics.flu-dyn2023

Dynamics of unsteady premixed flames in meso scale channels and the effects of varying the wall heating conditions

Akhil Aravind, Gautham Vadlamudi, Saptarshi Basu

Understanding the dynamics of flames at small scales opens up opportunities to enhance the performance of small-scale power generation devices, micro-reactors, fire safety devices,…

physics.flu-dyn2023★ 1 cited

Response of premixed Jet Flames to Blast Waves

Akhil Aravind, Gautham Vadlamudi, Saptarshi Basu

The study investigates the response dynamics of premixed jet flames when incident with blast waves along the jet axis. In the present work, blast waves are generated using the wire…

physics.flu-dyn2023★ 1 cited

Response of Non-premixed Jet Flames to Blast Waves

Akhil Aravind, Gautham Vadlamudi, Saptarshi Basu

The work investigates the response dynamics of non-premixed jet flame to blast waves that are incident along the jet axis. In the present study, blast waves, generated using the wi…