Gaskell, P.H., Jimack, P.K., Sellier, M. et al. (1 more author) (2004) Efficient and accurate time adaptive multigrid simulations of droplet spreading. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 45 (11). pp. 1161-1186. ISSN 0271-2091
Abstract
An efficient full approximation storage (FAS) Multigrid algorithm is used to solve a range of droplet spreading flows modelled as a coupled set of non-linear lubrication equations. The algorithm is fully implicit and has embedded within it an adaptive time-stepping scheme that enables the same to be optimized in a controlled manner subject to a specific error tolerance.
The method is first validated against a range of analytical and existing numerical predictions commensurate with droplet spreading and then used to simulate a series of new, three-dimensional flows consisting of droplet motion on substrates containing topographic and wetting heterogeneities. The latter are of particular interest and reveal how droplets can be made to spread preferentially on substrates owing to an interplay between different topographic and surface wetting characteristics.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is an author produced version of paper published in 'International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids.' |
Keywords: | droplets, spreading, multigrid, adaptive time-stepping, lubrication approximation, fully implicit |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Computing (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces & Interfaces (iETSI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Repository Assistant |
Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2006 |
Last Modified: | 27 Oct 2016 11:08 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.632 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/fld.632 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:1756 |