NUMERICAL STUDY OF 2D MULTIPHASE FLOWS OVER GROOVED SURFACE BY LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD

J. J. Huang, C. Shu (), Y. T. Chew and H. W. Zheng
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J. J. Huang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Singapore
C. Shu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Singapore
Y. T. Chew: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Singapore
H. W. Zheng: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Singapore

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2007, vol. 18, issue 04, 492-500

Abstract: In this paper, the effects of surface wettability and topography on a droplet, which is driven by a body force to pass through grooved walls, are studied by using the multiphase lattice Boltzmann model. At small scale, the shape and velocity of the droplet were found to be strongly affected by the wettability and configuration of the wall. The drag on the droplet moving over grooved surfaces was found to decrease as the wall hydrophobicity increases. It was also found that the wettability decides whether the droplet fills or does not fill the whole grooves.

Keywords: Droplet; wetting; rough surface; lattice Boltzmann; 11.25.Hf; 123.1K (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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