Drops: Instability and Break-up

Presentations

• Mach Number Effects on Shock-Induced Deformation and Breakup of Small Acetone Droplets

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:00 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:13 AM

  Presenters

  • Letice Renee Bussiere

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  Authors

  • Letice Renee Bussiere

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  • Prashant Tarey

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  • Jacob A McFarland

    Texas A&M University College Station

  • Praveen K Ramaprabhu

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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• Influence of Initial Shape and Oscillation Dynamics on the Aero breakup of Large Droplets

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:13 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:26 AM

  Presenters

  • Sandip Laxman Dighe

    King Abdullah Univ of Sci & Tech (KAUST)

  Authors

  • Sandip Laxman Dighe

    King Abdullah Univ of Sci & Tech (KAUST)

  • Nilamani Sahoo

    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

  • Dilip Kumar Maity

    King Abdullah Univ of Sci & Tech (KAUST)

  • Charbel El Khoury

    King Abdullah Univ of Sci & Tech (KAUST)

  • Aditya Parik

    Utah State University

  • Som Dutta

    Utah State University

  • Tadd T Truscott

    King Abdullah Univ of Sci & Tech (KAUST)

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• Cascades and Corrugations: Self-similar mechanisms of droplet aerobreakup in extreme regimes

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:26 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:39 AM

  Publication: S. J. Rao, S. Basu. Secondary atomization of droplets at extreme conditions. Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. (2025). [in press]<br><br>S. J. Rao, S. Basu. Self-similar Features in Sub-secondary Breakup of a Droplet and Ligament Mediated Fragmentation under Extreme Conditions. arXiv preprint, 2502.05976 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Saini Jatin Rao

    Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

  Authors

  • Saini Jatin Rao

    Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

  • Saptarshi Basu

    Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, Indian Institute of Science

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• Computational modeling of capillary droplet breakup

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:39 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:52 AM

  Presenters

  • Shivnag Sista

    Yale University

  Authors

  • Shivnag Sista

    Yale University

  • David Meer

    Emory University

  • Eric R Weeks

    Emory University

  • Mark D Shattuck

    The City College of New York

  • Corey Shane O'Hern

    Yale University

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• Dynamics and emission of surfactant-laden sessile or pendant drops from an oscillating solid surface

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:52 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:05 AM

  Presenters

  • Hansol Wee

    Purdue University

  Authors

  • Hansol Wee

    Purdue University

  • Osman A Basaran

    Purdue University

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• Drop size distribution from laboratory experiments based on single-drop fragmentation and comparison with aerial in-situ measurementsNew Submission

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:05 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Kirti Chandra Sahu

    Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India

  Authors

  • Kirti Chandra Sahu

    Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India

  • Shubham Chakraborty

    Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

  • Someshwar S Ade

    Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

  • Lakshmana D Chandrala

    Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

  • Thara Prabhakaran

    Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi), Pune, India

  • Omar K. Matar

    Imperial College London

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• Producing Droplets on a Vibrating Liquid Bath Through Ligament Stretching and Breakup

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:18 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:31 AM

  Presenters

  • Johnathan Hoggarth

    Yale University

  Authors

  • Johnathan Hoggarth

    Yale University

  • Daniel M Harris

    Brown University

  • John W M Bush

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Bauyrzhan K Primkulov

    Yale University

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• A model for droplet size distribution in wall-bounded emulsion flows

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:31 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:44 AM

  Publication: A model for droplet size distribution in wall-bounded emulsion flows

  Presenters

  • Zijun Ni

    Peking University

  Authors

  • Zijun Ni

    Peking University

  • Yipeng Shi

    Peking University

  • Yibao Zhang

    Tsinghua University

  • Xiang I. A. Yang

    Pennsylvania State University

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• Unconfined Droplet Breakup around Cylindrical Obstacles

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:44 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:57 AM

  Publication: In preparation

  Presenters

  • David J Meer

    Emory University

  Authors

  • David J Meer

    Emory University

  • Shivnag Sista

    Yale University

  • Mark D Shattuck

    The City College of New York

  • Corey Shane O'Hern

    Yale University

  • Eric R Weeks

    Emory University

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• Nonlinear dynamics of rotating drops

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:57 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 10:10 AM

  Presenters

  • Shriram S Joshi

    Purdue University

  Authors

  • Shriram S Joshi

    Purdue University

  • Hansol Wee

    Purdue University

  • Vivek Narsimhan

    Purdue University

  • Osman A Basaran

    Purdue University

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• Elucidating Fluid Mechanisms of Droplet Formation during Human Vocalization

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 10:10 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 10:23 AM

  Presenters

  • Amirhossein Heidarzadeh

    University of California, Davis

  Authors

  • Amirhossein Heidarzadeh

    University of California, Davis

  • Samantha Yan

    University of California, Davis

  • William D Ristenpart

    University of California, Davis, University of California Davis

  • Harishankar Manikantan

    University of California, Davis

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• Oscillatory Capillary Extensional Rheometer (OsCER) to Probe Expiratory Aerosol Generation in the Human Larynx

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 10:23 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Samantha Yan

    University of California, Davis

  Authors

  • Samantha Yan

    University of California, Davis

  • Amirhossein Heidarzadeh

    University of California, Davis

  • Daniel J Cates

    University of California, Davis

  • Harishankar Manikantan

    University of California, Davis

  • William D Ristenpart

    University of California, Davis, University of California Davis

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