An experimental study of rivulet instabilities in centrifugal spin coating of viscous Newtonian and non‐Newtonian fluids
An experimental study of rivulet instabilities in centrifugal spin coating of viscous Newtonian and non‐Newtonian fluids
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粘性牛顿和非牛顿流体离心旋涂中细流不稳定性的实验研究
DOI:
10.1063/1.868263
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发表时间:
1994
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
G. Homsy
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文献类型:
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作者:
N. Fraysse;G. Homsy
An experimental study on the onset and evolution of centrifugally driven rivulets is presented, which aims to investigate the influence on the instability of various experimental conditions (drop volume and rotational frequency), the wetting properties of the liquid (surface tension and contact angle), and fluid viscoelasticity. The apparatus allows continuous observation of the drop shapes following an impulsive spin‐up of the substrate, and these are analyzed by digital image analysis. The flows exhibit an onset time, or, equivalently, a critical radius, before which the drop spreads axisymmetrically. Data on drop spreading are compared with simple predictions of lubrication theory. The measured azimuthal wave number and growth rate of the instability are in good agreement with the linear stability analysis of Troian et al. [Europhys. Lett. 10, 25 (1989)], as long as the critical radius is taken from the experiment itself. The most unstable wavelength is found to be independent of both drop size and rot...