Pyramidal and toroidal water drops after impact on a solid surface

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dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorRenardy, Yuriko Y.en
dc.contributor.authorPopinet, S.en
dc.contributor.authorDuchemin, L.en
dc.contributor.authorRenardy, Michael J.en
dc.contributor.authorZaleski, S.en
dc.contributor.authorJosserand, C.en
dc.contributor.authorDrumright-Clarke, M. A.en
dc.contributor.authorRichard, D.en
dc.contributor.authorClanet, C.en
dc.contributor.authorQuere, D.en
dc.contributor.departmentMathematicsen
dc.date.accessed2014-07-15en
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-21T15:49:38Zen
dc.date.available2014-07-21T15:49:38Zen
dc.date.issued2003-06en
dc.description.abstractSuperhydrophobic surfaces generate very high contact angles as a result of their microstructure. The impact of a water drop on such a surface shows unusual features, such as total rebound at low impact speed. We report experimental and numerical investigations of the impact of approximately spherical water drops. The axisymmetric free surface problem, governed by the Navier-Stokes equations, is solved numerically with a front-tracking marker-chain method on a square grid. Experimental observations at moderate velocities and capillary wavelength much less than the initial drop radius show that the drop evolves to a staircase pyramid and eventually to a torus. Our numerical simulations reproduce this effect. The maximal radius obtained in numerical simulations precisely matches the experimental value. However, the large velocity limit has not been reached experimentally or numerically. We discuss several complications that arise at large velocity: swirling motions observed in the cross-section of the toroidal drop and the appearance of a thin film in the centre of the toroidal drop. The numerical results predict the dry-out of this film for sufficiently high Reynolds and Weber numbers. When the drop rebounds, it has a top-heavy shape. In this final stage, the kinetic energy is a small fraction of its initial value.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the ACSen
dc.identifier.citationRenardy, Y.; Popinet, S.; Duchemin, L.; Renardy, M.; Zaleski, S.; Josserand, C.; Drumright-Clarke, M. A.; Richard, D.; Clanet, C.; Quere, D., "Pyramidal and toroidal water drops after impact on a solid surface," J. Fluid Mech. (2003), vol. 484, pp. 69-83. DOI: 10.1017/s0022112003004142en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112003004142en
dc.identifier.issn0022-1120en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/49636en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=151513&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0022112003004142en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectflat surfaceen
dc.subjectmechanicsen
dc.subjectphysics, fluids & plasmasen
dc.titlePyramidal and toroidal water drops after impact on a solid surfaceen
dc.title.serialJournal of Fluid Mechanicsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden

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