Browsing by Author Hung V. Vu
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This study presents a front-tracking-based numerical analysis of the forced convection solidification of a sessile droplet on a cooling surface. The droplet, a hollow (or compound) droplet with an encapsulated gas core, undergoes a liquid-to-solid phase change in its shell. This phase change starts from the surface. Meanwhile, the surrounding gas, which is characterized by its Reynolds number Re and temperature, moves toward the droplet parallel to the axis of symmetry. When the temperature of the forced flow is below the solidification value (i.e., cold-forced convection), increasing the strength of the forced flow shortens the solidification process. In contrast, increasing the Re n... |
Compound and simple droplets have been studied and appeared in many life applications, e.g., drug processing and microfluidic systems. Many studies have been conducted on the thermocapillary effects on simple droplets, but similar studies on compound droplets are quite rare. Filling this missing gap, this paper presents the front-tracking-based simulation results of the thermocapillary effects on compound droplets in a certain limited domain. The compound droplet consists of a single inner core that is initially concentric with the outer one. Various dimensionless parameters including Reynolds number from 1 to 50, Marangoni number from 1 to 100, droplet radius ratio from 0.3 to 0.8, a... |
