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Spreading and breakup of a compound drop on a partially wetting substrate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2011

PENG GAO  and
JAMES J. FENG
PENG GAO
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
JAMES J. FENG*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada
*
‡Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

The spreading of a compound drop on a partially wetting solid substrate is numerically simulated using a diffuse-interface method. Compared with a simple drop, the spreading of a compound drop exhibits much more complex behaviour. Depending on the core–shell size ratio and the substrate wettability, various flow regimes are identified in which the interfacial morphology evolves in distinct ways. A phase diagram is constructed in the parameter space of the core–shell size ratio and the wetting angle. For relatively small inner drops, the outer interface does not rupture during the spreading and the inner drop either remains suspended and encapsulated or attaches onto the substrate. Otherwise, the compound drop spontaneously breaks up and releases the inner drop into the ambient fluid. Several breakup scenarios are observed depending on the location of the initial rupture. In some regimes, the wetting of the substrate by one fluid can entrap secondary drops of the other, which can either attach to the substrate or stay suspended. The viscosity ratio mainly affects the spreading rate and plays a minor role in the morphology evolution.

JFM classification

Drops and Bubbles: Breakup/coalescence Interfacial Flows (free surface): Contact lines
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 682 , 10 September 2011 , pp. 415 - 433
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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Present address: Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.

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