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Phase diagram for droplet impact on superheated surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2015

Hendrik J. J. Staat ,
Tuan Tran ,
Bart Geerdink ,
Guillaume Riboux ,
Chao Sun ,
José Manuel Gordillo  and
Detlef Lohse
Hendrik J. J. Staat
Affiliation:
Physics of Fluids Group, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Tuan Tran
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
Bart Geerdink
Affiliation:
Physics of Fluids Group, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Guillaume Riboux
Affiliation:
Área de Mecánica de Fluidos, Departamento de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida de los Descubrimientos s/n 41092, Sevilla, Spain
Chao Sun
Affiliation:
Physics of Fluids Group, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands Center for Combustion Energy and Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
José Manuel Gordillo
Affiliation:
Área de Mecánica de Fluidos, Departamento de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida de los Descubrimientos s/n 41092, Sevilla, Spain
Detlef Lohse*
Affiliation:
Physics of Fluids Group, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
*
†Email address for correspondence: d.lohse@utwente.nl
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Abstract

We experimentally determine the phase diagram for impacting ethanol droplets on a smooth, sapphire surface in the parameter space of Weber number $\mathit{We}$ versus surface temperature $T$. We observe two transitions, namely the one towards splashing (disintegration of the droplet) with increasing $\mathit{We}$, and the one towards the Leidenfrost state (no contact between the droplet and the plate due to a lasting vapour film) with increasing $T$. Consequently, there are four regimes: contact and no splashing (deposition regime), contact and splashing (contact–splash regime), neither contact nor splashing (bounce regime), and finally no contact, but splashing (film–splash regime). While the transition temperature $T_{L}$ to the Leidenfrost state depends weakly, at most, on $\mathit{We}$ in the parameter regime of the present study, the transition Weber number $\mathit{We}_{C}$ towards splashing shows a strong dependence on $T$ and a discontinuity at $T_{L}$. We quantitatively explain the splashing transition for $T<T_{L}$ by incorporating the temperature dependence of the physical properties in the theory by Riboux & Gordillo (Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 113(2), 2014, 024507; J. Fluid Mech., vol. 772, 2015, pp. 630–648).

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Drops and Bubbles: Boiling Drops and Bubbles: Drops Drops and Bubbles: Drops and Bubbles
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Rapids
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 779 , 25 September 2015 , R3
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