Levitation of a drop over a moving surface

DOI10.1017/JFM.2013.470MaRDI QIDQ2878435zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Henri Lhuissier, Yoshiyuki Tagawa, Tuan Tran, Chao Sun

Publication date 29 August 2014

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.1634

zbMATH Keywords

lubrication theorythin filmsdrops

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid-gas two-phase flows, bubbly flows (76T10) Thin fluid films (76A20) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45)

Abstract: We investigate the levitation of a drop gently deposited onto the inner wall of a rotating hollow cylinder. For a sufficient velocity of the wall, the drop steadily levitates over a thin air film and reaches a stable angular position in the cylinder, where the drag and lift balance the weight of the drop. Interferometric measurement yields the three-dimensional (3D) air film thickness under the drop and reveals the asymmetry of the profile along the direction of the wall motion. A two-dimensional (2D) model is presented which explains the levitation mechanism, captures the main characteristics of the air film shape and predicts two asymptotic regimes for the film thickness $h_0$: For large drops $h_{0}simc{a}^{2/3}kapp{a}_b^{-1}$, as in the Bretherton problem, where $ca$ is the capillary number based on the air viscosity and $kapp{a}_b$ is the curvature at the bottom of the drop. For small drops $h_{0}simc{a}^{4/5}(akapp{a}_b{)}^{4/5}kapp{a}_b^{-1}$, where $a$ is the capillary length.

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