Principal Investigator:
Qiaoyan Ye and Oliver Tiedje
, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, Stuttgart, (Germany)
HPC Platform used:
Hazel Hen of HLRS
Local Project ID:
droplMP
Researchers carry out numerical simulations of spray painting processes using a commercial high-speed rotary bell atomizer within the frame of an ongoing project “smart spray painting process”. Using a commercial CFD-code, detailed numerical studies deal with the film formation of the paint liquid on the bell cup, the primary liquid breakup near the bell edge, the paint droplet trajectories, as well as the droplet impact onto solid surface. Simulation results deliver important information for understanding and optimization of the complicated spray painting processes.
