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Short-time force response during the impact of a droplet with gas bubbles
Phys. Rev. Fluids 10, 033601 – Published 10 March, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.10.033601
Abstract
The presence of gas or vapor bubbles may strongly influence the forces that occur during the impact of a liquid mass onto a solid. Here, we study this effect numerically, in a well-controlled manner, by simulating the short-time interaction between an impacting droplet and a solid surface, mediated by the gas layer between droplet and solid just before collision, in the presence and absence of bubbles. A boundary integral method is used to simulate the falling droplet, the mediating air layer is modeled using lubrication theory, whereas uniform gas bubbles are added to the droplet that obey a polytropic equation of state. We show that the presence of gas bubbles inside the droplet can have a significant influence on the force exerted on the substrate, even before touchdown. This is due to the transmission of load from the solid, through the gas layer, and finally into the bubbly droplet, buffering the impact. We simulate different bubble configurations, modifying their number, size, shape, and initial position. It is found that larger bubbles, as well as those close to the impact zone, dampen the collision more as compared to small bubbles or the ones that are far from the droplet's surface. In addition, multiple small bubbles are shown to have a similar or even greater effect as a single large bubble.
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