Numerical Simulation of Microdroplet Impact and Evaporation on a Solid Surface

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gihun Son
Keyword(s):  
Solid Surface ◽  
Inkjet Printing ◽  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Dynamic Contact Angle ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Droplet Motion ◽  
Droplet Shape ◽  
Gas Phases ◽  
Receding Contact

Microdroplet impact and evaporation on a solid surface, which is an integral part of an inkjet printing process, is studied numerically by solving the equations governing the conservation of mass, momentum, energy, and mass fraction in the liquid and gas phases. The deformed droplet shape is tracked by a sharp-interface level-set method, which is extended to include the effects of evaporation at the liquid–gas interface and dynamic contact angle at the liquid–gas–solid interline. The numerical results show that the droplet impact and evaporation pattern depends significantly on the advancing and receding contact angles. Also, the effect of cavity sidewall on the droplet motion is investigated.

Numerical Analysis of Microdroplet Impact and Evaporation on a Solid Surface

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gihun Son
Keyword(s):  
Solid Surface ◽  
Inkjet Printing ◽  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Dynamic Contact Angle ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Droplet Motion ◽  
Droplet Shape ◽  
Gas Phases ◽  
Receding Contact

Microdroplet impact and evaporation on a solid surface, which is an integral part of an inkjet printing process, is studied numerically by solving the equations governing the conservation of mass, momentum, energy and mass fraction in the liquid and gas phases. The deformed droplet shape is tracked by a sharp-interface level-set method which is modified to include the effects of evaporation at the liquid-gas interface and dynamic contact angle at the liquid-gas-solid interline. The numerical results show that the droplet impact and evaporation pattern depends significantly on the advancing and receding contact angles. Also, the effect of cavity sidewall on the droplet motion is investigated.

Inertial and viscous effects on dynamic contact angles

1998 ◽  
Vol 357 ◽  
pp. 249-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. COX
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Solid Surface ◽  
Contact Line ◽  
Capillary Number ◽  
Slip Length ◽  
Stress Singularity ◽  
Dynamic Contact Angle ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Viscous Effects

An investigation is made into the dynamics involved in the movement of the contact line when a single liquid with an interface moves into a vacuum over a smooth solid surface. In order to remove the stress singularity at the contact line, it is postulated that slip between the liquid and the solid or some other mechanism occurs very close to the contact line. It is assumed that the flow produced is inertia dominated with the Reynolds number based on the slip length being very large. Following a procedure similar to that used by Cox (1986) for the viscous-dominated situation (in which the Reynolds number based on the macroscopic length scale was assumed very small) using matched asymptotic expansions, we obtain the dependence of the macroscopic dynamic contact angle on the contact line velocity over the solid surface for small capillary number and small slip length to macroscopic lengthscale ratio. These results for the inertia-dominated situation are then extended (at the lowest order in capillary number) to an intermediate Reynolds number situation with the Reynolds number based on the slip length being very small and that based on the macroscopic lengthscale being very large.

The Effects of Asymmetric Micro Ratchets on Dynamic Contact Angle and Pool Boiling Performance

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance Austin Brumfield ◽  
Sunggook Park
Keyword(s):  
Contact Angle ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Dynamic Contact Angle ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Equilibrium Contact Angle ◽  
Droplet Impingement ◽  
Receding Contact ◽  
Receding Contact Angle

The dynamic advancing and receding contact angles of 5μl water droplets were experimentally measured via the droplet impingement technique on a polished brass surface, one brass symmetric micro ratchet, and five brass asymmetric micro ratchet samples of varying dimensions. Droplets were released from varying heights (Weber number) and the impacts studied via high speed camera. Equilibrium advancing and receding contact angles were measured by placing a water droplet on the surfaces and tilting it. Contact angle values were then compared to an existing pool boiling model which incorporates the dynamic receding contact angle, surface roughness ratio, and equilibrium contact angle.

Forces Acting on Sessile Droplet on Inclined Surfaces

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ravi Annapragada ◽  
Jayathi Y. Murthy ◽  
Suresh V. Garimella
Keyword(s):  
Contact Angle ◽  
Droplet Size ◽  
Contact Line ◽  
Contact Area ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Force Model ◽  
Sessile Droplet ◽  
Droplet Motion ◽  
Droplet Shape ◽  
Receding Contact

Although many analytical, experimental and numerical studies have focused on droplet motion, the mechanics of the droplet while still in its static state, and just before motion starts, are not well understood. A study of static droplets would shed light on the threshold voltage (or critical inclination) for initiating electrically (or gravitationally) induced droplet motion. Before the droplet starts to move, the droplet shape changes such that the forces acting at the triple contact line balance the actuation forces. These contact line forces are governed by the contact angles along the contact line. The contact angle varies from an advancing angle at the leading edge to a receding angle at the trailing edge of the droplet. The present study seeks to understand and predict these forces at the triple contact line. The droplet shape, as well as the advancing and receding contact angles, is experimentally measured as a function of droplet size under the action of a gravitational force at different inclination angles. The advancing and receding contact angles are correlated with static contact angle and Bond number. A Volume of Fluid - Continuous Surface Force model with varying contact angles along the triple contact line is developed to predict the same. The model is first verified against a two-dimensional analytical solution. It is then used to simulate the shape of a sessile droplet on an incline at various angles of inclination and to determine the critical angle of inclination as a function of droplet size. Good agreement is found between experimental measurements and predictions. The contact line profile and contact area are also predicted. The contact area predictions based on a spherical-cap assumption are also compared against the numerical predictions.

scholarly journals Numerical Bifurcation Analysis of a Film Flowing over a Patterned Surface through Enhanced Lubrication Theory

Fluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 405
Author(s):  
Nicola Suzzi ◽  
Giulio Croce
Keyword(s):  
Contact Angle ◽  
Bifurcation Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Contact Angle ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Inclined Plate ◽  
Lubrication Equation ◽  
Static Contact ◽  
Numerical Bifurcation

The bifurcation analysis of a film falling down an hybrid surface is conducted via the numerical solution of the governing lubrication equation. Instability phenomena, that lead to film breakage and growth of fingers, are induced by multiple contamination spots. Contact angles up to 75∘ are investigated due to the full implementation of the free surface curvature, which replaces the small slope approximation, accurate for film slope lower than 30∘. The dynamic contact angle is first verified with the Hoffman–Voinov–Tanner law in case of a stable film down an inclined plate with uniform surface wettability. Then, contamination spots, characterized by an increased value of the static contact angle, are considered in order to induce film instability and several parametric computations are run, with different film patterns observed. The effects of the flow characteristics and of the hybrid pattern geometry are investigated and the corresponding bifurcation diagram with the number of observed rivulets is built. The long term evolution of induced film instabilities shows a complex behavior: different flow regimes can be observed at the same flow characteristics under slightly different hybrid configurations. This suggest the possibility of controlling the rivulet/film transition via a proper design of the surfaces, thus opening the way for relevant practical application.

Dynamics of Droplet Motion Induced by Electrowetting

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Lu ◽  
Aritra Sur ◽  
Dong Liu ◽  
Carmen Pascente ◽  
Paul Ruchhoeft
Keyword(s):  
Contact Angle ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Dynamic Contact Angle ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Droplet Dynamics ◽  
Droplet Shape ◽  
Moving Contact Line ◽  
Moving Contact

Electrowetting has drawn significant interests due to the potential applications in electronic displays, lab-on-a-chip devices and electro-optical switches, etc. Current understanding of electrowetting-induced droplet dynamics is hindered by the inadequacy of available numerical and theoretical models in properly handling the dynamic contact angle at the moving contact line. A combined numerical and experimental approach was employed in this work to study the spatiotemporal responses of a droplet subject to EW with both direct current and alternating current actuating signals. The time evolution of the droplet shape was measured using high-speed photography. Computational fluid dynamics models were developed by using the Volume of Fluid-Continuous Surface Force method in conjunction with a selected dynamic contact angle model. It was found that the numerical models were able to accurately predict the key parameters of the electrowetting-induced droplet dynamics.

Spreading-Droplet Simulation With Surface Tension Model Using Inter-Particle Force in Particle Method

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiji Ishii ◽  
Taisuke Sugii
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Contact Angle ◽  
Dynamic Contact Angle ◽  
Particle Method ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Particle Methods ◽  
Static Contact ◽  
Particle Force ◽  
Surface Tension Model

Predicting the spreading behavior of droplets on a wall is important for designing micro/nano devices used for reagent dispensation in micro-electro-mechanical systems, printing processes of ink-jet printers, and condensation of droplets on a wall during spray forming in atomizers. Particle methods are useful for simulating the behavior of many droplets generated by micro/nano devices in practical computational time; the motion of each droplet is simulated using a group of particles, and no particles are assigned in the gas region if interactions between the droplets and gas are weak. Furthermore, liquid-gas interfaces obtained from the particle method remain sharp by using the Lagrangian description. However, conventional surface tension models used in the particle methods are used for predicting the static contact angle at a three-phase interface, not for predicting the dynamic contact angle. The dynamic contact angle defines the shape of a spreading droplet on a wall. We previously developed a surface tension model using inter-particle force in the particle method; the static contact angle of droplets on the wall was verified at various contact angles, and the heights of droplets agreed well with those obtained theoretically. In this study, we applied our surface tension model to the simulation of a spreading droplet on a wall. The simulated dynamic contact angles for some Weber numbers were compared with those measured by Šikalo et al, and they agreed well. Our surface tension model was useful for simulating droplet motion under static and dynamic conditions.

scholarly journals Interpretation of Hydrophobization Behavior of Dodecylamine on Muscovite and Talc Surface through Dynamic Wettability and AFM Analysis

Minerals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Jiang ◽  
Ya Gao ◽  
Sultan Khoso ◽  
Wanying Ji ◽  
Yuehua Hu
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Contact Angle ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Interaction Forces ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Adsorbed Amount ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Imaging Results ◽  
Afm Imaging ◽  
Afm Analysis

In this study, a new approach, “dynamic wettability”, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging analysis techniques were successfully used to characterize the hydrophobization mechanism of the collector dodecylamine (DDA) on muscovite and talc surfaces. The attachment of bubbles to the minerals was studied through the dynamic contact angle to gain a detailed understanding of the hydrophobization mechanism of DDA on a muscovite and talc surface. AFM imaging and interaction forces were performed to explain the DDA adsorption mechanism on both minerals. Finally, flotation tests were performed to verify the effectiveness of these techniques. After treatments with DDA, the contact angles became much larger compared to initial angles, particularly for muscovite, and the attachment of bubbles on the talc surface was much easier than muscovite due to its natural hydrophobicity. From AFM imaging, both the muscovite and talc showed a similar tendency; the higher the DDA concentration, the more the adsorbed amount. However, the adsorbed amount of DDA on talc surface was obviously more than that on muscovite. As far as interaction forces are concerned, the maximum attractions occurred at certain different concentrations respectively for muscovite and talc and agreed well with the AFM-imaging results. Moreover, results obtained from flotation tests were promising and quite in agreement with the phenomenon of these techniques.

Measurements of the Contact Angles for Various Fluids Which Are Widely Used in the Oilfields to Improve Oil Recovery

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Elsharafi ◽  
K. Vidal ◽  
R. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Contact Angle ◽  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Dynamic Contact Angle ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Rock Face ◽  
Angle Measurements ◽  
Contact Angle Measurements

Contact angle measurements are important to determine surface and interfacial tension between solids and fluids. A ‘water-wet’ condition on the rock face is necessary in order to extract oil. In this research, the objectives are to determine the wettability (water-wet or oil-wet), analyze how different brine concentrations will affect the wettability, and study the effect of the temperature on the dynamic contact angle measurements. This will be carried out by using the Cahn Dynamic Contact Angle. Analyzer DCA 315 to measure the contact angle between different fluids such as surfactant, alkaline, and mineral oil. This instrument is also used to measure the surface properties such as surface tension, contact angle, and interfacial tension of solid and liquid samples by using the Wilhelmy technique. The work used different surfactant and oil mixed with different alkaline concentrations. Varying alkaline concentrations from 20ml to 1ml were used, whilst keeping the surfactant concentration constant at 50ml.. It was observed that contact angle measurements and surface tension increase with increased alkaline concentrations. Therefore, we can deduce that they are directly proportional. We noticed that changing certain values on the software affected our results. It was found that after calculating the density and inputting it into the CAHN software, more accurate readings for the surface tension were obtained. We anticipate that the surfactant and alkaline can change the surface tension of the solid surface. In our research, surfactant is desirable as it maintains a high surface tension even when alkaline percentage is increased.

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