Iowa State University will receive $406,601 from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for a project grant titled "Collaborative Research: Droplet Breakup in Homogeneous Turbulence: Model Validation through Experiments and Direct Numerical Simulations" from February 15, 2022 to January 31, 2025.
The university will conduct a series of experiments to measure droplet breakup under controlled turbulent conditions. High-speed video will capture droplets as they are deformed and broken by turbulence in a flow chamber designed to generate a uniform turbulent field. Experiments will be repeated for different droplet diameters and fluids to collect statistical data on the breakup process. Graduate and undergraduate students along with local high school students will analyze video data to improve models of droplet breakup dependence on turbulence intensity and fluid properties. Findings aim to advance computational techniques for predicting complex fluid processes important to engineering, scientific, and environmental applications.
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