Onset of axisymmetric sloshing in a food processor

Tomoaki Watamura and Kazuyasu Sugiyama
Phys. Rev. E 104, 065104 – Published 8 December 2021

Abstract

We report on the axisymmetric oscillation at the air-water interface in a food processor and Taylor-Couette systems. To gain insights into the mechanisms of free-surface oscillation, we conduct a series of experiments on the visual observations of free-surface deformation and the velocity measurements. At relatively low rotation speeds, the surface height at the rotating object surface decreases but remains stationary. As the rotation speed increases in small increments, oscillation begins when the deformed free surface detaches from the rotating object, and its onset depends strongly on the initial surface height. To account for the similarity mechanism of the onset, a scaled surface deformation based on the bulk Froude number is introduced herein; we find that the oscillation occurs at the scaled surface deformation beyond unity. These findings explain the causal relationship between the surface deformation and the oscillation onset and help to predict its occurrence to avoid mechanical damage to an apparatus with rotating components.

    • Received 2 September 2021
    • Revised 15 November 2021
    • Accepted 17 November 2021

    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.104.065104

    ©2021 American Physical Society

    Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

    Fluid Dynamics

    Authors & Affiliations

    Tomoaki Watamura* and Kazuyasu Sugiyama

    • Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

    • *tomoaki.watamura@me.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

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    Vol. 104, Iss. 6 — December 2021

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