Long-Term Dynamics of Water Droplet Impact on Rotating Hydrophilic Disk

Ice accretion from the impingement of supercooled water droplets on the rotating components of aero-engines reduces engine efficiency and poses significant in-flight safety risks. In the present study, we experimentally investigate the impact of water droplets on the center of a rotating disk to gai...

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Main Authors: Wen Yang, Yunbo Zhang, Tian Deng, Chuanyang Liu
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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description Ice accretion from the impingement of supercooled water droplets on the rotating components of aero-engines reduces engine efficiency and poses significant in-flight safety risks. In the present study, we experimentally investigate the impact of water droplets on the center of a rotating disk to gain insights into the icing mechanisms on these components. The effects of impact velocity and disk rotation speed on dynamic behaviors are systematically explored by visualizing the phenomena and quantitatively analyzing the evolution of droplet diameters during long time durations. Three distinct regimes of impact dynamics are identified based on the final states: stable rotation, stable ring, and ring ejection. The experimental results reveal that the spreading phase is primarily governed by inertial effects, with minimal influence from disk rotation, while the latter significantly affects the retraction phase. The maximum spreading factor increases with the impact velocity and shows little dependence on rotation, and the spreading time remains nearly unchanged. Scaling laws for the maximum and equilibrium spreading factors as functions of the Weber number and rotational Bond number are established. While the maximum spreading factor increases with impact velocity on static disks, the retraction time decreases as both the impact velocity and rotation speed increase.
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spelling doaj-art-90d97f2017b34ccda1e25777ee8118882025-08-20T02:50:56ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-12-0114241160810.3390/app142411608Long-Term Dynamics of Water Droplet Impact on Rotating Hydrophilic DiskWen Yang0Yunbo Zhang1Tian Deng2Chuanyang Liu3Sino-European Institute of Aviation Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, ChinaSino-European Institute of Aviation Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, ChinaSino-European Institute of Aviation Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, ChinaSino-European Institute of Aviation Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, ChinaIce accretion from the impingement of supercooled water droplets on the rotating components of aero-engines reduces engine efficiency and poses significant in-flight safety risks. In the present study, we experimentally investigate the impact of water droplets on the center of a rotating disk to gain insights into the icing mechanisms on these components. The effects of impact velocity and disk rotation speed on dynamic behaviors are systematically explored by visualizing the phenomena and quantitatively analyzing the evolution of droplet diameters during long time durations. Three distinct regimes of impact dynamics are identified based on the final states: stable rotation, stable ring, and ring ejection. The experimental results reveal that the spreading phase is primarily governed by inertial effects, with minimal influence from disk rotation, while the latter significantly affects the retraction phase. The maximum spreading factor increases with the impact velocity and shows little dependence on rotation, and the spreading time remains nearly unchanged. Scaling laws for the maximum and equilibrium spreading factors as functions of the Weber number and rotational Bond number are established. While the maximum spreading factor increases with impact velocity on static disks, the retraction time decreases as both the impact velocity and rotation speed increase.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/24/11608droplet impactrotating diskhydrophilicspreading factorring-like droplet
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Yunbo Zhang
Tian Deng
Chuanyang Liu
Long-Term Dynamics of Water Droplet Impact on Rotating Hydrophilic Disk
Applied Sciences
droplet impact
rotating disk
hydrophilic
spreading factor
ring-like droplet
title Long-Term Dynamics of Water Droplet Impact on Rotating Hydrophilic Disk
title_full Long-Term Dynamics of Water Droplet Impact on Rotating Hydrophilic Disk
title_fullStr Long-Term Dynamics of Water Droplet Impact on Rotating Hydrophilic Disk
title_full_unstemmed Long-Term Dynamics of Water Droplet Impact on Rotating Hydrophilic Disk
title_short Long-Term Dynamics of Water Droplet Impact on Rotating Hydrophilic Disk
title_sort long term dynamics of water droplet impact on rotating hydrophilic disk
topic droplet impact
rotating disk
hydrophilic
spreading factor
ring-like droplet
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/24/11608
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