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Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
Source : Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 386, Issue 1-3, Number 1, p.36 - 44 (2011)
Url : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927775711004274
Keywords : Anisotropic wetting, Beating phenomenon, Drop impact, Dynamic contact angle
Campus : Coimbatore
School : Department of Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering
Department : Aerospace
Year : 2011
Abstract : This paper reports an experimental investigation of low Weber number water drops impacting onto solid surfaces exhibiting anisotropic wetting. The wetting anisotropy is created by patterning the solid surfaces with unidirectional parallel grooves. Temporal measurements of impacting drop parameters such as drop base contact diameter, apparent contact angle of drop, and drop height at the center are obtained from high-speed video recordings of drop impacts. The study shows that the impact of low Weber number water drops on the grooved surface exhibits beating phenomenon in the temporal variations of the dynamic contact angle anisotropy and drop height at the center of the impacting drop. It is observed that the beating phenomenon of impacting drop parameters is caused by the frequency difference between the dynamic contact angle oscillations of impacting drop liquid oriented perpendicular and parallel to the direction of grooves on the grooved surface. The primary trigger for the phenomenon is the existence of non-axisymmetric drop flow on the grooved surface featuring pinned and free motions of drop liquid in the directions perpendicular and parallel to the grooves, respectively. The beat frequency is almost independent of the impact drop Weber number. Further experimental measurements with solid surfaces of different groove textures show that the grooved surface with larger wetting anisotropy may be expected to show a dominant beating phenomenon. The phenomenon is gradually damped out with time and is fully unrecognizable at higher drop impact Weber numbers.
Cite this Research Publication : Dr. R. Kannan, Vaikuntanathan, V., and Sivakumar, D., “Dynamic Contact Angle Beating From Drops Impacting onto Solid Surfaces Exhibiting Anisotropic Wetting”, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol. 386, no. 1-3, pp. 36 - 44, 2011.