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Viscous droplets impact on rough surfaces

2025· article· en· W4412427346 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueInternational Journal of Multiphase Flow · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicFluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaCanada Research Chairs
KeywordsMaterials scienceMechanicsRough surfaceComposite materialPhysics

Abstract

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We experimentally investigate the dynamics of viscous droplets impacting on rough surfaces under a broad range of Weber number ( 2 ≤ We ≤ 1 , 194 ), Ohnesorge number ( 0 . 002 ≤ Oh ≤ 2 . 630 ), and average surface roughness ( 9 . 7 μ m ≤ R a ≤ 19 . 5 μ m ). Three primary impact outcomes—jetting, spreading, and splashing—are observed. Our findings reveal that surface roughness promotes splashing by amplifying perturbations, while liquid viscosity counters this effect by dissipating the kinetic energy of the advancing lamella. We empirically describe the splashing threshold with the relation as Oh Re χ ( R a ) = K ( R a ) , where the fitting parameter K ( R a ) increases and χ ( R a ) decreases with greater surface roughness. Moreover, the maximum spreading factor ( β m ), defined as the ratio of the droplet’s maximum spreading diameter to its initial diameter, shows a pronounced dependence on surface roughness in low-viscosity conditions ( Oh < 0 . 050 ), but this dependence diminishes in high-viscosity regimes ( Oh ≥ 0 . 050 ). This trend results from the interplay between viscous dissipation induced by surface roughness and the intrinsic liquid viscosity. In the low-viscosity regime, the experimental β m is consistent with the empirical scaling law of β m = a ( We / Oh ) b , with the fitting constants, a and b , varying with surface roughness and liquid properties. In the regime of 0 . 050 < Oh < 1 , β m approximates ( We / Oh ) 1 / 6 . These findings elucidate the significant role of surface roughness and liquid viscosity in governing droplet impact dynamics and spreading.

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metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.055
Threshold uncertainty score0.409

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Opus teacher head0.006
GPT teacher head0.280
Teacher spread0.274 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
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