Rebound behaviors of droplets impacting on a superhydrophobic surface

The rebound behaviors of droplets impacting on a self-fabricated superhydrophobic brass surface (WCA=164.5°) were observed and studied by using high-speed-camera. In accordance with energy conversion, theoretical analysis of different behaviors and rebound mechanism were given. At lower velocities, three behaviors in different velocity ranges were observed: partial rebounding, entire rebounding and ejecting during rebounding. At higher velocities, such two behaviors as rebound after splashing and rebound, ejecting after splashing, occurred alternately and exhibited certain periodicity. A function to predict the critical impact velocity is derived from energy conservation condition, and the prediction values tally with the experimental values, with the maximum relative error about 14%.     

Evaporating droplets in turbulent reacting flows

Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations are carried out to determine the effects of turbulence on the preferential segregation of an evaporating spray and then to study the evolution of the resulting mixture fraction topology and propagating flame. First, the mixing between an initially randomly dispersed phase and the turbulent gaseous carrier phase is studied with non-evaporating particles. According to their inertia and the turbulence properties, the formation of clusters of particles is analyzed (formation delay, cluster characteristic size and density). Once the particles are in dynamical equilibrium with the surrounding turbulent flow, evaporation is considered through the analysis of the mixture fraction evolution. Finally, to mimic ignition, a kernel of burnt gases is generated at the center of the domain and the turbulent flame evolution is described.     

Numerical simulation of two droplets impacting upon a dynamic liquid film

The impact of droplets on the liquid film is widely involved in industrial and agricultural fields. In recent years, plenty of works are limited to dry walls or stationary liquid films, and the research of multi-droplet impact dynamic films is not sufficient. Based on this, this paper employs a coupled level set and volume of fluid (CLSVOF) method to numerically simulate two-droplet impingement on a dynamic liquid film. In our work, the dynamic film thickness, horizontal central distance between the droplets, droplets' initial impact speed, and simultaneously the flow velocity of the moving film are analyzed. The evolution phenomenon and mechanism caused by the collision are analyzed in detail. We find that within a certain period of time, the droplet spacing does not affect the peripheral crown height; when the droplet spacing decreases or the initial impact velocity increases, the height of the peripheral crown increases at the beginning, and then, because the crown splashed under Rayleigh-Plateau instability, this results in the reduction of the crown height. At the same time, it is found that when the initial impact velocity increases, the angle between the upstream peripheral jet and the dynamic film becomes larger. The more obvious the horizontal movement characteristics, the more restrained the crown height; the spread length increases with the increase of the dynamic film speed, droplet spacing and the initial impact velocity. When the liquid film is thicker, more fluid enters the crown, due to the crown being unstable, the surface tension is not enough to overcome the weight of the rim at the end of the crown, resulting in droplets falling off.     

小液滴撞击壁面传热特性数值分析

小液滴撞击壁面现象在喷雾冷却等领域都有广泛应用.为研究小液滴(微米)撞击热壁面(非沸腾区)传热过程,建立了二维液滴撞壁瞬态模型,并采用相场方法对小液滴换热过程中对流热通量和导热热通量的大小进行了对比.研究结果表明:液滴撞击壁面初期形成“冷斑”,有利于小液滴与壁面的传热;小液滴撞击壁面过程中热通量峰值存在于三相接触点附近,数量级在105—106 W/m²;小液滴撞击壁面过程中受壁面浸润性和液滴尺寸对传导热通量的影响较为显著,而速度和液滴尺寸对对流热通量的影响较为显著;大多数情况下,小液滴撞击壁面传导热通量数量级在103—105 W/m²,对流热通量数量级在104—106 W/m²,对流热通量大于传导热通量,在整个换热过程中占据主导地位.     

双液滴撞击平面液膜的流动与传热特性

采用耦合的水平集-体积分数法(CLSVOF)对双液滴连续撞击恒定壁温壁面上的热液膜的流动和换热特性进行了数值模拟及分析,得到了双液滴撞击热液膜后形态演变的过程.分析了液滴垂直间距、撞击速度、液膜厚度以及液滴直径对双液滴撞击液膜后的流动与传热特性的影响,结果显示,壁面平均热流密度随液滴撞击速度的增大而增大,液滴垂直间距、液膜厚度和液滴直径对平均热流密度的影响较小,但会对热流密度在撞击区域和交界区的分布产生重要影响.     

Topological changes in bipolar nematic droplets under flow

Bipolar liquid crystal drops moving inside microchannels exhibit periodic director field transformations due to induced circulating flows inside them. These modifications are characterized by changes in the type of point surface disclinations; they periodically change from splay to bend disclinations, implying the drop changes between bipolar and escaped concentric configurations. Upon stopping the flow, this structure does not relax to the lower energy bipolar configuration; we argue this is due to drop flattening inside the channels.     

Non-equilibrium Brownian motion of droplets under a temperature gradient

The migration of droplets (or bubbles) dispersed in a fluid under the action of a temperature gradient is an important problem in the manufacturing process of liquid alloys and high purity materials under near weightless conditions. In this work we obtain the expressions for the collective diffusion and the thermal diffusion coefficients for a system of interacting Brownian droplets dispersed in a liquid under an external temperature gradient. The expressions depend on the pair interaction potential and the pair correlation function.     

Sizing of emulsion droplets under flow using flow-compensating NMR-PFG techniques

Using the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) pulsed field gradient (PFG) technique, it is possible to determine the size distribution of emulsion droplets. This method is extended so that the same measurements can be performed in the presence of flow. The resultant flow-compensating NMR-PFG technique is used to determine the oil droplet-size distribution of an oil-in-water emulsion flowing in a narrow tube at various flow rates. Comparison with the nonflowing oil droplet-size distribution enables the effect of velocity shear on the oil droplet-size distribution to be quantified.     

Instabilities in buoyant flows under localized heating

We study, from the numerical point of view, instabilities developed in a fluid layer with a free surface in a cylindrical container which is nonhomogeneously heated from below. In particular, we consider the case in which the applied heat is localized around the origin. An axisymmetric basic state appears as soon as a nonzero horizontal temperature gradient is imposed. The basic state may bifurcate to different solutions depending on vertical and lateral temperature gradients and on the shape of the heating function. We find different kinds of instabilities: extended patterns growing on the whole domain, which include those known as targets, and spiral waves. Spirals are present even for infinite Prandtl number. Localized structures both at the origin and at the outer part of the cylinder may appear either as Hopf or stationary bifurcations. An overview of the developed instabilities as functions of the dimensionless parameters is presented in this article.     

用光学记录速度干涉仪测量自由面速度

建立了一套光学记录速度干涉仪系统(ORVIS),用于测量强激光产生的冲击波状态方程中的自由面速度。该光学记录速度干涉仪系统的时间分辨率为179 ps,可以测量自由面速度随时间变化的整个过程。在天光KrF高功率准分子激光装置上进行激光打靶实验,激光波长248.4 nm,脉冲宽度25 ns,最大输出能量158 J。在激光功率密度为6.24×1011W·cm-2的条件下,测得厚20 μm铁膜的自由面速度可达3.86 km/s;在激光功率密度为7.28×1011W·cm-2条件下,100 μm铝膜（靶前有100 μm的CH膜作为烧蚀层）的自由面速度可以达到2.87 km/s。     

单晶铜在动态加载下空洞增长的分子动力学研究

冲击载荷下延性材料的损伤是材料中微空洞的产生和长大演化的结果.利用分子动力学模拟 方法对延性金属单晶铜中单个空洞在动态加载下的演化发展进行了研究，得到了空洞增长过 程中的应力分布及空洞增长演化随冲击强度变化的规律.模拟结果表明，动态加载下的前期 压缩过程对后期拉伸应力场作用下的空洞增长演化特征有不可忽视的影响，微空洞增长的阈 值则与单晶实验中层裂强度随拉伸应力作用时间减少而增加的趋势相一致. 关键词： 层裂 分子动力学 动态加载 空洞     

用光学记录速度干涉仪测量自由面速度

 建立了一套光学记录速度干涉仪系统(ORVIS),用于测量强激光产生的冲击波状态方程中的自由面速度。该光学记录速度干涉仪系统的时间分辨率为179 ps,可以测量自由面速度随时间变化的整个过程。在天光KrF高功率准分子激光装置上进行激光打靶实验,激光波长248.4 nm,脉冲宽度25 ns,最大输出能量158 J。在激光功率密度为6.24×10¹¹W·cm^-2的条件下,测得厚20 μm铁膜的自由面速度可达3.86 km/s;在激光功率密度为7.28×10¹¹W·cm^-2条件下,100 μm铝膜（靶前有100 μm的CH膜作为烧蚀层）的自由面速度可以达到2.87 km/s。     

Hydrodynamic binary coalescence of droplets under air flow in a hydrophobic microchannel

Based on the volume of fluid(VOF) method, we conduct a numerical simulation to study the hydrodynamic binary coalescence of droplets under air flow in a hydrophobic rectangular microchannel. Two distinct regimes, coalescence followed by sliding motion and that followed by detaching motion, are identified and discussed. Additionally, the detailed hydrodynamic information behind the binary coalescence is provided, based on which a dynamic mechanical analysis is conducted to reveal the hydrodynamic mechanisms underlying these two regimes. The simulation results indicate that the sliding motion of droplets is driven by the drag force and restrained by the adhesion force induced by the interfacial tension along the main flow direction. The detachment(i.e., upward motion) of the droplet is driven by the lift force associated with an aerodynamic lifting pressure difference imposed on the coalescent droplet, and also restrained by the adhesion force perpendicular to the main flow direction. Especially, the lift force is mainly induced by an aerodynamic lifting pressure difference imposed on the coalescent droplet. Two typical regimes can be quantitatively recognized by a regime diagram depending on Re and We. The higher Re and We respectively lead to relatively larger lift forces and smaller adhesion forces acting on the droplet, both of which are helpful to detachment of the coalesced droplet.     

Investigations into wetting and spreading behaviors of impacting metal droplet under ultrasonic vibration control

Ultrasonic-assisted metal droplet deposition (UAMDD) is currently considered a promising technology in droplet-based 3D printing due to its capability to change the wetting and spreading behaviors at the droplet-substrate interface. However, the involved contact dynamics during impacting droplet deposition, particularly the complex physical interaction and metallurgical reaction of induced wetting-spreading-solidification by the external energy, remain unclear to date, which hinders the quantitative prediction and regulation of the microstructures and bonding property of the UAMDD bumps. Here, the wettability of the impacting metal droplet ejected by a piezoelectric micro-jet device (PMJD) on non-wetting and wetting ultrasonic vibration substrates is studied, and the corresponding spreading diameter, contact angle, and bonding strength are also discussed. For the non-wetting substrate, the wettability of the droplet can be significantly increased due to the extrusion of the vibration substrate and the momentum transfer layer at the droplet-substrate interface. And the wettability of the droplet on a wetting substrate is increased at a lower vibration amplitude, which is driven by the momentum transfer layer and the capillary waves at the liquid–vapor interface. Moreover, the effects of the ultrasonic amplitude on the droplet spreading are studied under the resonant frequency of 18.2–18.4 kHz. Compared to deposit droplets on a static substrate, such UAMDD has 31% and 2.1% increments in the spreading diameters for the non-wetting and wetting systems, and the corresponding adhesion tangential forces are increased by 3.85 and 5.59 times.     

Self-propelled droplets

Self-propelled droplets are a special kind of self-propelled matter that are easily fabricated by standard microfluidic tools and locomote for a certain time without external sources of energy. The typical driving mechanism is a Marangoni flow due to gradients in the interfacial energy on the droplet interface. In this article we review the hydrodynamic prerequisites for self-sustained locomotion and present two examples to realize those conditions for emulsion droplets, i.e. droplets stabilized by a surfactant layer in a surrounding immiscible liquid. One possibility to achieve self-propelled motion relies on chemical reactions affecting the surface active properties of the surfactant molecules. The other relies on micellar solubilization of the droplet phase into the surrounding liquid phase. Remarkable cruising ranges can be achieved in both cases and the relative insensitivity to their own ‘exhausts’ allows to additionally study collective phenomena.     

微重力环境下油滴沉降实验观察与分析

微重力条件下,物体的重力影响几乎消失,这时液体的流动特性会发生不同于重力作用下的变化.为了形象地观察到这个变化过程,根据微重力原理建立了一个短时微重力实验系统.在其模拟的微重力环境下,观测到油滴下降时的形状与速度变化.通过观察该实验,提高了学生的观察能力及总结物理实验规律的能力.