Analytical formulas for longitudinal slip lengths over unidirectional superhydrophobic surfaces with curved menisci
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Author(s)
Crowdy, DG
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This paper reports new analytical formulas for the longitudinal slip lengths for simple
shear over a superhydrophobic surface, or bubble mattress, comprising a periodic array
of unidirectional circular menisci, or bubbles, protruding into, or out of, the fluid. The
accuracy of the formulas is tested against results from full numerical simulations; they
are found to give small relative errors even at large no-shear fractions. In the dilute limit
the formulas reduce to an earlier result by the author [Phys. Fluids, 22, 121703, (2011)].
They also extend analytical results of Sbragaglia & Prosperetti [Phys Fluids, 19, 043603,
(2007)] beyond a small protrusion angle limit.
shear over a superhydrophobic surface, or bubble mattress, comprising a periodic array
of unidirectional circular menisci, or bubbles, protruding into, or out of, the fluid. The
accuracy of the formulas is tested against results from full numerical simulations; they
are found to give small relative errors even at large no-shear fractions. In the dilute limit
the formulas reduce to an earlier result by the author [Phys. Fluids, 22, 121703, (2011)].
They also extend analytical results of Sbragaglia & Prosperetti [Phys Fluids, 19, 043603,
(2007)] beyond a small protrusion angle limit.
Date Issued
2016-03-25
Date Acceptance
2016-01-30
Citation
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016, 791
ISSN
0022-1120
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Volume
791
Copyright Statement
© 2016 Cambridge University Press This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
The Royal Society
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
EP/K019430/1
WM120037
EP/K041134/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Mechanics
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Physics
drag reduction
interfacial flows
superhydrophobic surface
FLOW
FLUID
Fluids & Plasmas
01 Mathematical Sciences
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
R7
Date Publish Online
2016-02-24