We present our recent study on spreading and solidification of micro-droplets of alumina impacting onto patterned surfaces textured by micron-size obstacles. We employed an in-house, three-dimensional computational tool that solves the flow and energy equations and takes into account the solidification. We investigated the spreading dynamics, heat transfer, and solidification of the droplets as a function of the height and spacing of the obstacles as well as the impact velocity. The results show that, independent of the obstacle height, the droplet assumes a disk-shape geometry when the obstacles are either packed tightly or are very distanced. The results at intermediate obstacle spacings exhibit the most significant deformations, where the droplet develops long fingers. A quantitative relationship shows the collapse of the final spread diameter of the droplet normalized by the obstacle spacing when plotted against the spacing for different impact velocity as well as the obstacle height.
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ASME 2012 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2012 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and the ASME 2012 10th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
July 8–12, 2012
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, USA
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- Heat Transfer Division
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978-0-7918-4478-6
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Effects of Heat Transfer on the Spreading and Freezing of Molten Droplets Impinging Onto Textured Surfaces: A Computational Study Available to Purchase
Mehdi Raessi,
Mehdi Raessi
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
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Rajkamal Sendha
Rajkamal Sendha
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
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Mehdi Raessi
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
Rajkamal Sendha
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
Paper No:
HT2012-58166, pp. 375-384; 10 pages
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July 24, 2013
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Raessi, M, & Sendha, R. "Effects of Heat Transfer on the Spreading and Freezing of Molten Droplets Impinging Onto Textured Surfaces: A Computational Study." Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2012 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and the ASME 2012 10th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. Volume 2: Heat Transfer Enhancement for Practical Applications; Fire and Combustion; Multi-Phase Systems; Heat Transfer in Electronic Equipment; Low Temperature Heat Transfer; Computational Heat Transfer. Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, USA. July 8–12, 2012. pp. 375-384. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2012-58166
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