Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Dynamics of Impacting Droplet Spreading at Small Weber Numbers

Ning Wang, Jiqing Zhang and Zhenyu Zhang ()
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Ning Wang: School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Jiqing Zhang: China International Engineering Consulting Corporation, Beijing 100048, China
Zhenyu Zhang: School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 21, 1-21

Abstract: The dynamic of droplet spreading on a free-slip surface was studied experimentally and numerically, with particularly interest in the impacts under relatively small droplet inertias ( W e ≤ 30 ). Our experimental results and numerical predictions of dimensionless droplet maximum spreading diameter β m a x agree well with those of Wildeman et al.’s widely-used model at W e > 30 . The “1/2 rule” (i.e., approximately one half of the initial kinetic energy E k 0 finally transferred into surface energy) was found to break down at small Weber numbers ( W e ≤ 30 ) and droplet height is non-negligible when the energy conservation approach is employed to estimate β m a x . As We increases, surface energy and kinetic energy alternately dominates the energy budget. When the initial kinetic energy is comparable to the initial surface energy, competition between surface energy and kinetic energy finally results in the non-monotonic energy budget. In this case, gas viscous dissipation contributes the majority of the dissipated energy under relatively large Reynolds numbers. A practical model for estimating β m a x under small Weber numbers ( W e ≤ 30 ) was proposed by accounting for the influence of impact parameters on the energy budget and the droplet height. Good agreement was found between our model predictions and previous experiments.

Keywords: fuel droplet spreading; small weber numbers; maximum spreading diameter; energy dissipation; Modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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