Effect of temperature-dependency of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid properties on the dynamics of droplet impinging on hot surfaces

A. R. Binesh, S. M. Mousavi and R. Kamali ()
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A. R. Binesh: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, 71936-16548, Iran
S. M. Mousavi: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, 71936-16548, Iran
R. Kamali: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, 71936-16548, Iran

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2015, vol. 26, issue 09, 1-12

Abstract: In the present work, three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics analysis is employed to study the droplet dynamics of Newtonian and non-Newtonian droplets impinging on a hot surface under various impact conditions. The Navier–Stokes equations for unsteady, incompressible, and viscous fluid flow are solved using a control volume method. The volume-of-fluid (VOF) technique is also used to track the free-surface of the liquid. The effect of viscosity, density and surface tension on droplet dynamics is evaluated considering their dependence of temperature. The results indicate that the temperature dependence of the both Newtonian and non-Newtonian physicochemical liquid properties must be considered to obtain better agreement of the numerical results with experimental data. After ensuring the accuracy of the numerical methodology, the internal behavior of the droplets is examined, which is shown that the receding velocity of the non-Newtonian droplet is slower than the Newtonian one.

Keywords: Impingement; Newtonian droplet; non-Newtonian droplet; spreading; temperature dependency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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