Numerical investigation of air mediated droplet bouncing on flat surfaces

A liquid droplet can bounce off a flat substrate independent of surface wettability if the impact occurs at low velocities, i.e., We of less than seven. In this case, the droplet spreads on a sub-micrometer air layer and rebounds subsequently without any direct contact with the surface. We have nume...

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Main Authors: H. Shetabivash, A. Dolatabadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2017-09-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4993837