Self-propulsion of small droplets on thin liquid films
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019
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| author | Leon, Victor Julio. |
| author2 | Kripa K. Varanasi. |
| author_facet | Kripa K. Varanasi. Leon, Victor Julio. |
| author_sort | Leon, Victor Julio. |
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| description | Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019 |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1237452020-02-11T03:18:33Z Self-propulsion of small droplets on thin liquid films Leon, Victor Julio. Kripa K. Varanasi. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019 Page 48 plank. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-47). In this thesis, we investigate the self-propulsion of small droplets below the capillary length on thin liquid films. At film temperatures above the boiling point of the droplet and lower film viscosities, we observe that droplets can propel at velocities up to 16cm/s. We predict the droplet velocities using a model that scales thin oil film viscous friction to the momentum of the vapor ejected from beneath the boiling droplet. by Victor Julio Leon. S.M. S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering 2020-02-10T21:40:58Z 2020-02-10T21:40:58Z 2019 2019 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123745 1138945010 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 48 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Leon, Victor Julio. Self-propulsion of small droplets on thin liquid films |
| title | Self-propulsion of small droplets on thin liquid films |
| title_full | Self-propulsion of small droplets on thin liquid films |
| title_fullStr | Self-propulsion of small droplets on thin liquid films |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-propulsion of small droplets on thin liquid films |
| title_short | Self-propulsion of small droplets on thin liquid films |
| title_sort | self propulsion of small droplets on thin liquid films |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123745 |
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