Fingering patterns during droplet impact on heated surfaces
Journal article
Authors | Khavari, M., Sun, C., Lohse, D. and Tran, T. |
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Abstract | A droplet impinging on a sufficiently heated surface may be cushioned by its own vapor and never touch the surface. In previous work, the transition to this so-called Leidenfrost regime was only qualitatively described as an abrupt change between the “contact-boiling” regime, which is characterized by violent boiling behaviors, and the Leidenfrost state. We reveal that the wetted area can be used as a quantity that quantitatively characterizes this transition and it is a continuous function of surface temperature up to the Leidenfrost regime. The wetted area exhibits fingering patterns caused by vapor flow under the liquid. This underlines the crucial role of vapor transport in the Leidenfrost transition and unveils the physical mechanism of the transition to the Leidenfrost regime. |
Keywords | Leidenfrost regime; surface temperature; fingering patterns; vapour flow |
Year | 2015 |
Journal | Soft Matter |
Journal citation | 11, pp. 3298-3303 |
Publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry |
ISSN | 1744-683X |
1744-6848 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sm02878c |
Web address (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4sm02878c |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 12 Mar 2015 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 11 Mar 2015 |
Deposited | 30 Nov 2022 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9v9q4/fingering-patterns-during-droplet-impact-on-heated-surfaces
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