Film control to study contributions of waves to droplet impact dynamics on thin flowing liquid films
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Author(s)
Adebayo, Idris T
Matar, Omar K
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Droplet impact is a very common phenomenon in nature and attracts attention due to its aesthetic fascination and wide-ranging applications. Previous studies on flowing liquid films have neglected the contributions of spatial structures of waves to the impact outcome, while this has recently been shown to have a significant influence on the drop impact dynamics. In this report, we outline a step-by-step procedure to investigate the effect of periodic inlet forcing of a flowing liquid film leading to the production of spatiotemporally regular wave structures on drop impact dynamics. A function generator in connection with a solenoid valve is used to excite these spatiotemporally regular wave structures on the film surface while the impact dynamics of uniform-sized droplets are captured using a high-speed camera. Three distinct regions are then studied; viz. the capillary wave region preceding the large wave peak, the flat film region, and the wave hump region. The effects of important dimensionless quantities such as film Reynolds, drop Weber and Ohnesorge numbers parameterized by the film flow rate, drop speed, and drop size are also examined. Our results show interesting, hitherto undiscovered dynamics brought about by this application of film inlet forcing of the flowing film for both low and high inertia drops.
Date Issued
2018-08-18
Date Acceptance
2018-08-01
Citation
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2018, 138
ISSN
1940-087X
Publisher
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Volume
138
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Author(s). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Procter & Gamble Technical Centres Ltd
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30175995
Grant Number
EP/K003976/1
G4P-4502451974
Subjects
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Engineering
Issue 138
Film control
droplet impact
flowing films
waves
bouncing
coalescence
splashing
high-speed imaging
Electromagnetic Phenomena
Nonlinear Dynamics
Surface Properties
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Article Number
e57865