What is it about?
Using CFD simulations to predict the impact and solidification of supercooled droplets. Investigates varying the surface contact angle and the droplet diameter and the impact of these parameters on freezing.
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Why is it important?
This is a new way of approaching the freezing droplet problem since it simulates both droplet dynamics and supercooled solidification simultaneously at the droplet scale. A simulation method like this allows for easily changing parameters such as droplet diameter, contact angle, and impact speed.
Perspectives
This paper helps bridge the gap between "aircraft-scale" and "atomistic-scale" by employing a method for simulating solidification at the droplet scale.
Joshua D Blake
Mississippi State University
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This page is a summary of: Effects of Surface Characteristics and Droplet Diameter on the Freezing of Supercooled Water Droplets Impacting a Cooled Substrate, June 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/6.2014-2328.
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