Fundamental Research on Multiphase Flows

An integrated research program comprising material science, chemistry, physics, and engineering to address various fundamental issues critical to the spray and combustion technologies for future propulsion systems.


























































Relevant Publications

  1. P. Khare, V. Yang, (2015) "Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Liquid Droplet Breakup: Child Droplet Statistics",
    proceedings of ICLASS 2015, 13th Triennial Int. Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems.

  2. P. Khare, S. Wang, V. Yang, (2015) Modeling of Finite-Size Particles and Droplets in Multiphase Flows",
    Chinese J. of Aeronautics 28(4), 974-982.

  3. P. Khare, V. Yang, "Drag Coefficient of Deforming Liquid Droplets", (submitted to Journal of Fluid Mechanics).

  4. P. Khare, D. Ma, V. Yang, "Breakup of Newtonian Liquid Droplets", (submitted to Journal of Fluid Mechanics).

  5. P. Khare, V. Yang, "Breakup of non-Newtonian Liquid Droplets", (submitted to Journal of Fluid Mechanics).

  6. P. Khare, V. Yang, "Breakup of non-Newtonian Liquid Droplets",
    44th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, June 2014, Atlanta, GA.

  7. Prashant Khare, PhD Thesis, "Breakup of Liquid Droplets",
    School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May 2014.

  8. P. Khare, V. Yang, "Drag Coefficients of Deforming and Fragmenting Liquid Droplets",
    ILASS-Americas, May 2013, Pittsburgh, PA.

  9. P. Khare, D. Ma, X. Chen, V. Yang, (2012) "Breakup of Liquid Droplets",
    proceedings of ICLASS 2012, 12th Triennial Int. Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, ISBN 978-88-903712-1-9.

  10. P. Khare, D. Ma, X. Chen, V. Yang, "Breakup and Dynamics of Liquid Droplets",
    ILASS-Americas, May 2012, San Antonio, TX.
    This paper was awarded William Robert Marshall award for the most significant contribution to ILASS-Americas 24th Anuual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, May 2012.

  11. P. Khare, D. Ma, X. Chen, V. Yang, "Phenomenology of Secondary Breakup of Newtonian Liquid Droplets",
    50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2012, Nashville, Tennessee.

  12. X. Chen, D. Ma, P. Khare, V. Yang, "Detailed Physics of Binary Droplet Collision",
    7th US National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 2011, Atlanta, Georgia.

  13. X. Chen, D. Ma, P. Khare, V. Yang, "Energy and Mass Transfer during Binary Droplet Collision",
    49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2011, Orlando, Florida.

  14. D. Ma, X. Chen, P. Khare, V. Yang, "Atomization and breakup characteristics of liquid sheets formed by two impinging jets",
    49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2011, Orlando, Florida.