基于VOF(volume of fluid)方法,建立了重力条件下悬滴与卧滴在空气中合并过程的理论模型,并进行数值模拟,研究了悬滴与卧滴的合并流型,并分析了不同Bond数下悬滴与卧滴的合并动力学行为.结果表明,悬滴与卧滴接触后,液滴间形成的液桥在...基于VOF(volume of fluid)方法,建立了重力条件下悬滴与卧滴在空气中合并过程的理论模型,并进行数值模拟,研究了悬滴与卧滴的合并流型,并分析了不同Bond数下悬滴与卧滴的合并动力学行为.结果表明,悬滴与卧滴接触后,液滴间形成的液桥在表面张力的作用下快速扩展,在液桥与针头间出现颈缩现象;悬滴与卧滴合并过程存在"合并无断裂"和"合并后断裂"2种合并流型,当Bond数约为0.05时,合并流型由无断裂向断裂转变.随着Bond数增大,液滴合并后断裂的无量纲时间随之减小,当Bond数大于0.18,液滴合并后断裂的无量纲时间逐渐趋向定值.展开更多
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, coal...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.展开更多
文摘基于VOF(volume of fluid)方法,建立了重力条件下悬滴与卧滴在空气中合并过程的理论模型,并进行数值模拟,研究了悬滴与卧滴的合并流型,并分析了不同Bond数下悬滴与卧滴的合并动力学行为.结果表明,悬滴与卧滴接触后,液滴间形成的液桥在表面张力的作用下快速扩展,在液桥与针头间出现颈缩现象;悬滴与卧滴合并过程存在"合并无断裂"和"合并后断裂"2种合并流型,当Bond数约为0.05时,合并流型由无断裂向断裂转变.随着Bond数增大,液滴合并后断裂的无量纲时间随之减小,当Bond数大于0.18,液滴合并后断裂的无量纲时间逐渐趋向定值.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51876184,51706193,and 51776037)the National Natural Science Foundation of China–NSAF(Grant No.U1530260)+2 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2017M621835)the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China(Grant No.17KJB470014)Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds,China(Grant No.1701188B)
文摘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.
