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Processes involved in the destabilization and subsequent atomization of a high-speed liquid sheet.

Primary atomization is the complete breakup of the liquid sheet into ligaments and droplets.

Primary atomization is largely unaffected by liquid viscosity and gas-liquid interface tension. Gas to liquid density ratio, however, influences the process of high-speed turbulent atomization.

Shallow plunging jets. Large, open air cavities are entrained periodically in the quiescent liquid pool.

Largeness of these cavities is associated with a stagnation point flow resulting when the jet impacts the pool.

The periodicity is associated with gravity waves associated with filling up of these cavities.