Abstract: Sliding Drops of Generalized Newtonian Liquid (2008 Annual Meeting)

Monday, November 17, 2008: 3:45 PM

Room 104-B (Pennsylvania Convention Center)

Leonard W. Schwartz, Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Jean Charpin, Macsi, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Stephen O'Brien, Macsi, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

The lubrication approximation is invoked to model the sliding behavior of a drop of non-Newtonian liquid on a substrate with finite contact angle. Three dimensional

time-dependent simulations demonstrate

that, if the liquid is shear thinning, the tendency of the liquid stream to break up into small droplets is diminished.

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