Volume 42, Issue 7 pp. 1381-1387
Research Article

Influence of Liquid Density and Surface Tension on the Pinning of Sliding Droplets on a Triangular Microstructure

Henning Bonart

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Henning Bonart

Technische Universität Berlin, Dynamik und Betrieb technischer Anlagen, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany

Correspondence: Henning Bonart ([email protected]), Technische Universität Berlin, Dynamik und Betrieb technischer Anlagen, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany.Search for more papers by this author
Johannes Jung

Johannes Jung

Technische Universität Berlin, Dynamik und Betrieb technischer Anlagen, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany

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Christian Kahle

Christian Kahle

Technische Universität München, Zentrum Mathematik, Boltzmannstrasse 3, 85748 Garching, Germany

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Jens-Uwe Repke

Jens-Uwe Repke

Technische Universität Berlin, Dynamik und Betrieb technischer Anlagen, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany

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First published: 17 May 2019
Citations: 7

Abstract

Sliding droplets are crucial in many industrial applications. Examples are coating and separation processes involving multiple phases and liquid films. Often one can observe how a sliding droplet halts midstream on a solid surface. Wetting defects such as topographic structures can lead to a pinning of sliding droplets. In order to assess the influence of liquid density and surface tension on the pinning, direct numerical simulations are performed. After the model and its discretization are introduced, the solution is validated. Simulation results of gravity-driven droplets on inclined surfaces with structures in the size of the droplets are presented and the observed requirements for pinning a sliding droplet to a surface are discussed.

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