Levitation of a drop over a moving surface

DOI10.1017/JFM.2013.470zbMATH Open1294.76251arXiv1306.1634OpenAlexW3105502419MaRDI QIDQ2878435FDOQ2878435

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)

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.

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

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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)

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