Abstract
Non-Newtonian droplet impact is common in nature and industry. The viscosity of non-Newtonian liquids changes with shear stress, leading to different impact behaviors compared to Newtonian liquids. This study prepared shear-thinning solutions by adding HPMC polymer into deionized water and investigated its impact dynamics on hydrophobic spherical surface. The evolution patterns of droplet spreading factor, film thickness, and dynamic contact angle are investigated under different impact conditions. The results show that addition of polymers increases the energy dissipation during impact and suppresses droplet rebound from spherical surface compared to Newtonian droplet with similar viscosity. The droplet-impacting process is distinguished into three phases: (I) initial deformation, (II) inertia-dominated, and (III) viscosity-dominated phases. The temporal evolution of film thickness in Phases I and II is fitted by simple equations. In addition, an empirical formula that integrates Weber and Reynold numbers is proposed to predict the maximum spreading factor of HPMC droplets.
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