Scaling Laws Governing Droplet Spreading and Merging Dynamics on Solid Surfaces: A Molecular Simulation Study
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| author | Shopnil, Ertiza Hossain Emon, Jahid Azad, Md Nadeem Morshed, AKM Monjur |
| author_facet | Shopnil, Ertiza Hossain Emon, Jahid Azad, Md Nadeem Morshed, AKM Monjur |
| contents | This study employs molecular dynamics simulations to investigate droplet dynamics when a stationary droplet on a solid surface is struck by another droplet of similar size from above. The focus is on the jumping behavior of the merged droplet and the associated energy conversion. The process is primarily governed by the amount of energy converted into kinetic energy after dissipation. At high impact velocities, the energy conversion efficiency becomes constant, with only about 1% lost due to surface adhesion, an effect that diminishes with increasing velocity. Factors such as impact velocity, droplet size, surface texture, and wettability significantly influence the jumping velocity. Scaling laws are developed for the maximum spreading time, spreading factor, and restitution coefficient based on the Weber (We) and Reynolds (Re) numbers, which differ from those for single droplet impacts. On superhydrophobic surfaces, the spreading time is approximated as three times droplet radius to impact velocity, and its dimensionless form scales linearly with We 0.31. The general scaling laws for the spreading factor for velocity dependent and velocity independent spreading regimes are developed. |
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| spellingShingle | Scaling Laws Governing Droplet Spreading and Merging Dynamics on Solid Surfaces: A Molecular Simulation Study Shopnil, Ertiza Hossain Emon, Jahid Azad, Md Nadeem Morshed, AKM Monjur Fluid Dynamics This study employs molecular dynamics simulations to investigate droplet dynamics when a stationary droplet on a solid surface is struck by another droplet of similar size from above. The focus is on the jumping behavior of the merged droplet and the associated energy conversion. The process is primarily governed by the amount of energy converted into kinetic energy after dissipation. At high impact velocities, the energy conversion efficiency becomes constant, with only about 1% lost due to surface adhesion, an effect that diminishes with increasing velocity. Factors such as impact velocity, droplet size, surface texture, and wettability significantly influence the jumping velocity. Scaling laws are developed for the maximum spreading time, spreading factor, and restitution coefficient based on the Weber (We) and Reynolds (Re) numbers, which differ from those for single droplet impacts. On superhydrophobic surfaces, the spreading time is approximated as three times droplet radius to impact velocity, and its dimensionless form scales linearly with We 0.31. The general scaling laws for the spreading factor for velocity dependent and velocity independent spreading regimes are developed. |
| title | Scaling Laws Governing Droplet Spreading and Merging Dynamics on Solid Surfaces: A Molecular Simulation Study |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13659 |