Drop impact dynamics: Splashing, spreading, receding, bouncing..

A. L. Yarin

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    Abstract

    The review deals with drop impacts on thin liquid layers and dry surfaces. The impacts resulting in crown formation are referred to as splashing. Crowns and their propagation are discussed in detail, as well as some additional kindred, elbeit nonsplashing, phenomena like drop spreading and deposition, receding (recoil), jetting, fingering, and rebound. The review begins with an explanation of various practical motivations feeding the interest in the fascinating phenomena of drop impact, and the above-mentioned topics are then considered in their experimental, theoretical, and computational aspects.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)159-192
    Number of pages34
    JournalAnnual Review of Fluid Mechanics
    Volume38
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

    Keywords

    • Crown formation
    • Cusp formation
    • Fingering
    • Free rim
    • Jetting
    • Rebound
    • Recoil
    • Roughness
    • Secondary droplets
    • Wettability

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Condensed Matter Physics

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