Non-wetting impact of a sphere onto a bath and its application to bouncing droplets

Carlos A. Galeano-Rios, Paul A. Milewski, J. M. Vanden-Broeck

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Abstract

We present a fully predictive model for the impact of a smooth, convex and perfectly hydrophobic solid onto the free surface of an incompressible fluid bath of infinite depth in a regime where surface tension is important. During impact, we impose natural kinematic constraints along the portion of the fluid interface that is pressed by the solid. This provides a mechanism for the generation of linear surface waves and simultaneously yields the pressure applied on the impacting masses. The model compares remarkably well with data of the impact of spheres and bouncing droplet experiments, and is completely free of any of impact parametrisation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)97-127
Number of pages31
JournalJournal of Fluid Mechanics
Volume826
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 10 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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