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High Throughput Analysis of Liquid Droplet Impacts
Published on: March 6, 2020
Impact of liquid droplets on granular media
G Delon1, D Terwagne, S Dorbolo
1GRASP, Physics Department B5, Université de Liège, B4000-Liège, Belgium. giles.delon@ulg.ac.be
Abstract:
The crater formation due to the impact of a water droplet onto a granular bed has been experimentally investigated. Three parameters were tuned: the impact velocity, the size of the droplet, and the size of the grains. The aim is to determine the influence of the kinetic energy on the droplet pattern. The shape of the crater depends on the kinetic energy at the moment the droplet starts to impact the bed. The spreading and recession of the liquid during the impact were carefully analyzed from the dynamical point of view, using image analysis of high-speed video recordings. The different observed regimes are characterized by the balance between the impregnation time of the water by the granular bed by the water and the capillary time responsible for the recession of the drop.
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