Hartmann, Maximilian and Fricke, Mathis and Weimar, Lukas and Gründing, Dirk and Marić, Tomislav and Bothe, Dieter and Hardt, Steffen (2019):
Breakup dynamics of capillary bridges on hydrophobic stripes.
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Abstract
The breakup dynamics of a capillary bridge on a hydrophobic stripe between two hydrophilic stripes is studied experimentally and numerically. The capillary bridge is formed from an evaporating water droplet wetting three neighboring stripes of a chemically patterned surface. The simulations are based on the Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) method implemented in Free Surface 3D (FS3D). In order to construct physically realistic initial data for the VOF simulation, Surface Evolver is employed to calculate an initial configuration consistent with experiments. Numerical instabilities at the contact line are reduced by a novel adaptation of the Navier-slip boundary condition. By considering the breakup process in phase space, the breakup dynamics can be evaluated without the uncertainty in determining the precise breakup time. It is found that within an intermediate inviscid regime, the breakup dynamics follows a $t\^2/3$-scaling, indicating that the breakup process is dominated by the balance of inertial and capillary forces. For smaller bridge widths, the breakup velocity reaches a plateau, which is due to viscous forces becoming more important. In the final stage of breakup, the capillary bridge forms a liquid thread that breaks up consistent with the Rayleigh-Plateau instability. The critical wavelength is identical to the distance between the tips of two liquid cones between which the thread is arranged. The existence of satellite droplets in a regular pattern indicates that the primary breakup process is followed by self-similar secondary breakups.
Item Type: | Report |
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Erschienen: | 2019 |
Creators: | Hartmann, Maximilian and Fricke, Mathis and Weimar, Lukas and Gründing, Dirk and Marić, Tomislav and Bothe, Dieter and Hardt, Steffen |
Title: | Breakup dynamics of capillary bridges on hydrophobic stripes |
Language: | German |
Abstract: | The breakup dynamics of a capillary bridge on a hydrophobic stripe between two hydrophilic stripes is studied experimentally and numerically. The capillary bridge is formed from an evaporating water droplet wetting three neighboring stripes of a chemically patterned surface. The simulations are based on the Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) method implemented in Free Surface 3D (FS3D). In order to construct physically realistic initial data for the VOF simulation, Surface Evolver is employed to calculate an initial configuration consistent with experiments. Numerical instabilities at the contact line are reduced by a novel adaptation of the Navier-slip boundary condition. By considering the breakup process in phase space, the breakup dynamics can be evaluated without the uncertainty in determining the precise breakup time. It is found that within an intermediate inviscid regime, the breakup dynamics follows a $t\^2/3$-scaling, indicating that the breakup process is dominated by the balance of inertial and capillary forces. For smaller bridge widths, the breakup velocity reaches a plateau, which is due to viscous forces becoming more important. In the final stage of breakup, the capillary bridge forms a liquid thread that breaks up consistent with the Rayleigh-Plateau instability. The critical wavelength is identical to the distance between the tips of two liquid cones between which the thread is arranged. The existence of satellite droplets in a regular pattern indicates that the primary breakup process is followed by self-similar secondary breakups. |
Divisions: | DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1194: Interaction between Transport and Wetting Processes DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1194: Interaction between Transport and Wetting Processes > Research Area A: Generic Experiments DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1194: Interaction between Transport and Wetting Processes > Research Area A: Generic Experiments > A02: Experimental Investigation of Coalescence and Breakup of Droplets on Solid Surfaces – Generic Configuration Sessile Drop DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1194: Interaction between Transport and Wetting Processes > Research Area B: Modeling and Simulation DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1194: Interaction between Transport and Wetting Processes > Research Area B: Modeling and Simulation > B01: Modelling and VOF based Simulation of the Multiphysics of Irreversible Thermodynamic Transfer Processes at Dynamic Contact Lines DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1194: Interaction between Transport and Wetting Processes > Research Area B: Modeling and Simulation > B02: Direct Numerical Simulation of Locally Coupled Interface Processes at Dynamic Contact Lines Profile Areas Profile Areas > Thermo-Fluids & Interfaces |
Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2019 12:31 |
Official URL: | http://arxiv.org/pdf/1910.01887v1 |
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