Serhiy Yarusevych

Mar 28, 2024 | link.aps.org | Xueqing Zhang |Mechatronics Engineering |Jeremy Newton |Serhiy Yarusevych

The onset of droplet motion along a horizontal anodized aluminum surface arising from aerodynamic loading imposed by an accelerating wall-bounded shear flow was investigated for water droplet volumes ranging from 75 to 120μL. Two accelerating shear flows were considered, a flat plate boundary layer and an impinging jet with orientation angles spanning 30∘ to 90∘. The flows were linearly accelerated at three different rates, 1.2, 2.2, and 4.4m/s2, to a maximum flow speed of 20m/s.