The impact and splash of liquid drops on solid substrates are ubiquitous in many important
fields. However, previous studies have mainly focused on spherical drops while the non …

The impact of fluid drops on solid substrates has widespread interest in many industrial
coating and spraying applications, such as ink-jet printing and agricultural pesticide sprays …

Volatile drops deposited on a hot solid can levitate on a cushion of their own vapor, without
contacting the surface. We propose to understand the onset of this so-called Leidenfrost …

Background A variety of imaging methods are available to obtain kinematic data at an
interface, with a widely varying range of spatial and temporal resolution. These methods …

The process of spraying water and flavorings on dry tobacco is an important factor in the
industrial environment and product quality. Tobacco as a complex porous fiber material, the …

Before a droplet can contact a surface during impact, it must first displace the air beneath it.
Over a wide range of impact velocities, the droplet first squeezes the air into a thin film …

The impact of drops on a porous surface with high contact-angle hysteresis and gas
discharge is studied. Four different impact modes, ranging from complete repulsion to fast …

The impact of a liquid drop on a solid surface involves many intertwined physical effects, and
is influenced by drop velocity, surface tension, ambient pressure and liquid viscosity, among …

Many natural and industrial processes involve fluid flow at a three phase interface between
liquid, solid and gas. When the liquid is forced to move rapidly over the solid surface, the …

This dissertation presents a series of investigations, into the evolution and control of
dynamical systems, which are crucially made possible by the tools of numerical simulation …