Review of droplet dynamics and dropwise condensation enhancement: Theory, experiments and applications

X Wang, B Xu, Z Chen, D Del Col, D Li, L Zhang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Droplet dynamics and condensation phenomena are widespread in nature and industrial
applications, and the fundamentals of various technological applications. Currently, with the …

Sliding behavior of droplets on a tilted substrate with a chemical step

Q Li, Y Liu, B He, B Wen - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling and predicting the motion of droplets on a heterogeneous substrate have
received widespread attention. In this paper, we numerically simulate the droplet sliding …

Dynamics and heat transfer of a hollow droplet impact on a wetted solid surface

D Li, X Duan, Z Zheng, Y Liu - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2018 - Elsevier
A numerical model based on the coupled level set and volume of fraction (CLSVOF) method
is developed to investigate dynamics of a hollow droplet impacting on a wetted solid surface …

A partitioned continuous surface stress model for multiphase smoothed particle hydrodynamics

C Zöller, NA Adams, S Adami - Journal of Computational Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
A density partitioned continuous surface-stress (CSS) model is presented within a multi-
phase smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) framework. We follow the original work of …

Directional migration of single droplet on multi-wetting gradient surface by 3D lattice Boltzmann method

X Wang, B Xu, Y Wang, Z Chen - Computers & Fluids, 2020 - Elsevier
Directional migration of single microdroplet on a microstructured surface with multi wetting
gradients plays a significant role in many industrial applications. To understand the …

Study on surface creation and wettability of bamboo through abrasive belt sanding

J Zhang, W Jiang, Y Cui, J Qian - European Journal of Wood and Wood …, 2024 - Springer
In manufacturing bamboo products, sanding is an important method to make surface
modification. In this study, mechanical sanding experiments were carried out to investigate …

Numerical simulation of wetting on a chemically textured surface with a large intrinsic contact angle ratio by the Lattice Boltzmann Method

V Neyrand, JM Bergheau, S Benayoun… - Experimental and …, 2022 - Springer
In the present paper, numerical sessile tests on chemically textured surfaces in 2D and 3D
are simulated. The Lattice Boltzmann method coupled with pseudo potential model is used …

Numerical Simulations of Wettability on Anodic Bubble Expansion in Aluminum Electrolysis Cell Using Lattice Boltzmann Method

S Ma, L Wang, X Liu, Z Nan, MA Diop - JOM, 2023 - Springer
This work aims to study the interfacial phenomena in a multiphase system with a bubble
beneath the anode block. At the macroscopic scale, the bubble's shape is conditioned by the …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling and characterization of surface roughness effect on fluid flow in a polydimethylsiloxane microchannel using a fractal based lattice Boltzmann …

T Pravinraj, R Patrikar - Aip Advances, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In micro and nano flows, the fluid flow pattern is sensitive to many intrinsic parameters such
as surface roughness. In this letter, we have presented the capture of variations in fluid flow …

Modeling the Wettability of Microstructured Hydrophobic Surface Using Multiple-relaxation-time Lattice Boltzmann Method

L Tian, L Qiu - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2022 - Springer
Wetting properties are significant for a hydrophobic surface and normally characterized by
the equilibrium contact angle. In this manuscript, a mesoscopic method based on multiphase …