Transfer of a microfluid to a stochastic fibre network
2011 (English)In: Journal of Fluids and Structures, ISSN 0889-9746, E-ISSN 1095-8622, Vol. 27, no 7, p. 937-946Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The transfer of a microscopic fluid droplet from a flat surface to a deformable stochastic fibre network is investigated. Fibre networks are generated with different levels of surface roughness, and a two-dimensional, two-phase fluid-structure model is used to simulate the fluid transfer. In simulations, the Navier-Stokes equations and the Cahn-Hilliard phase-field equations are coupled to explicitly include contact line dynamics and free surface dynamics. The compressing fibre network is modelled as moving immersed boundaries. The simulations show that the amount of transferred fluid is approximately proportional to the contact area between the fluid and the fibre network. However, areas where the fluid bridges and never actually makes contact with the substrate must be subtracted.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2011. Vol. 27, no 7, p. 937-946
Keywords [en]
fibre network, flexo, fluid-structure interaction, fluid transfer, moving boundaries, two-phase flow
National Category
Chemical Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-11295DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2011.06.003ISI: 000295300900004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-80052260413OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-11295DiVA, id: diva2:297992
Projects
Nip mechanics and hydrodynamics of flexo post printing and print quality2010-02-192010-02-192017-12-12Bibliographically approved
In thesis