Numerical Investigation of Coalescence-Induced Droplet Jumping from a Hydrophobic Fiber
Coalescence-induced droplet jumping from a round hydrophobic fiber was studied by phase-field-based hybrid lattice-Boltzmann finite-difference simulations in which the interface dynamics is handled by the finite-difference solution of the Cahn-Hilliard equation and the hydrodynamics is handled by th...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 34(2018), 47 vom: 27. Nov., Seite 14186-14195 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2018
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Zusammenfassung: | Coalescence-induced droplet jumping from a round hydrophobic fiber was studied by phase-field-based hybrid lattice-Boltzmann finite-difference simulations in which the interface dynamics is handled by the finite-difference solution of the Cahn-Hilliard equation and the hydrodynamics is handled by the lattice-Boltzmann method. It was found that at a small Ohnesorge number of O(0.01), several different outcomes, including normal jumping at a positive velocity, jumping with a negative velocity, jumping after wrapping the fiber, and oscillating on the fiber, may occur after droplet coalescence, depending on the wettability of the fiber and the droplet-to-fiber radius ratio. In accordance with previous reports, normal droplet jumping from the fiber happens only when the radius ratio exceeds some critical value for a given contact angle. The critical radius ratio decreases as the fiber becomes more hydrophobic. For a given contact angle and radius ratio, it was observed that there exists an Ohnesorge number at which the jumping speed achieves a maximum value |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 28.01.2019 Date Revised 28.01.2019 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02651 |