Theoretical and practical research on micro hydrodynamic nozzles for modulated water jet generation as an innovation to replace continuous water jet in soft materials erosion

0575696 - ÚGN 2024 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Zeleňák, Michal - Říha, Zdeněk - Fech, A. - Souček, Kamil - Pude, F. - Hlaváček, Petr - Miranda, Fernando Kevin
Theoretical and practical research on micro hydrodynamic nozzles for modulated water jet generation as an innovation to replace continuous water jet in soft materials erosion.
Measurement. Roč. 221, November 2023 (2023), č. článku 113530. ISSN 0263-2241. E-ISSN 1873-412X
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA23-05235S
Institutional support: RVO:68145535
Keywords : modulated micro water je * measurement * visualization * flow monitoring * analysis
OECD category: Mechanical engineering
Impact factor: 5.6, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263224123010941

This study investigated the functionality of a newly developed micro hydrodynamic nozzle and its ability to generate a modulated water jet (MWJ) used for the erosion of soft materials. The procedure of nozzle design, numerical flow modelling, quality testing and functionality of the nozzle are presented. Well defined modulated jets were observed up to 1.5 MPa of input water pressure with an oscillation frequency of 88 kHz. Erosion characteristics of the modulated jets were investigated on soft gelatine samples. Three basic jet orientations were tested with respect to the eroded samples and to the trajectory of the nozzle movement. The erosion process of the MWJ was monitored using high-speed shadowgraph techniques. Then, the erosion depth was determined by image analysis methods. The test results show that the best erosion effect was obtained using the nozzle with 45° orientation with respect to the traverse direction.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0345435