Retraction dynamics of aquous drops upon impact on nonwetting surfaces

Details Retraction dynamics of aquous drops upon impact on nonwetting surfaces Retraction dynamics of aquous drops upon impact on nonwetting surfaces

2005-09-15

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0509133v1

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

Scientific paper

10.1017/S0022112005007184

We study the impact and subsequent retraction dynamics of liquid droplets upon high-speed impact on hydrophobic surfaces. Performing extensive experiments, we show that the drop retraction rate is a material constant and does not depend on the impact velocity. We show that when increasing the Ohnesorge number, $\Oh=\eta/\sqrt{\rho R_{\rm I} \gamma}$, the retraction, i.e. dewetting, dynamics crosses over from a capillaro-inertial regime to a capillaro-viscous regime. We rationalize the experimental observations by a simple but robust semi-quantitative model for the solid-liquid contact line dynamics inspired by the standard theories for thin film dewetting.

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