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Bingfang Huang

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arXiv2021

2π scaling law during inviscid fluid pinch-off and satellite droplets formation

Pinch-off and satellite droplets formation during breakup of near-inviscid liquid bridge sandwiched between two given equal and coaxial circular plates have been investigated. The breakup always results in the formation of a spindle shape which is the precursor of the satellite droplet at the moment of pinch-off. Interestingly, the slenderness of this spindle is always bigger than 2π and always results in the formation of only one satellite droplet regardless of the surface tension and the slenderness of the liquid bridge. We predict the cone angle of this spindle formed during the pinch-off of inviscid fluids should be 18.086122158...°. After pinch-off, the satellite droplets will drift out of the pinch-off regions in the case of symmetrical short bridge, and merge again with the sessile drop in the case of unsymmetrical long bridge. We demonstrate that the velocity of the satellite droplet is consistent with a scaling model based on a balance between capillary forces and the inertia at the pinch-off region.

physics.flu-dyn↗

arXiv2018

Contact Angle Measurement in Lattice Boltzmann Method

Contact angle is an essential characteristic in wetting, capillarity and moving contact line; however, although contact angle phenomena are effectively simulated, an accurate and real-time measurement for contact angle has not been well studied in computational fluid dynamics, especially in dynamic environments. Here, we design a geometry-based mesoscopic scheme to onthesport measure the contact angle in the lattice Boltzmann method. The computational results without gravity effect are in excellent agreement with the benchmarks from the spherical cap method. The qualities of the scheme are further verified in gravitational environments by simulating sessile and pendent droplets on smooth solid surfaces and contact angle hysteresis on chemically heterogeneous surfaces. This scheme is simple, efficient and requires only the local data. It is independent of multiphase models and can be easily extended to 3D dynamic contact angle measurements.

physics.comp-ph↗