Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Behaviours of Non-Polar Droplets Merging and Interactions with Hydrophobic Surfaces

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摘要 Thispaperpresentsamoleculardynamicssimulationofthebehavioursofnon-polardropletsmergingandalsothefluidmoleculesinteractingwithahydrophobicsurface.Suchbehavioursandtransportphenomenaarepopularingeneralmicro-channelflowboilingandtwo-phaseflow.ThedropletsareassumedtobecomposedofLennards-Jonestypemolecules.Periodicboundaryconditionsareappliedinthreecoordinatedirectionsofa3-Dsystem,wherethereexisttwoliquiddropletsandtheirvapour.Thetwodropletsmergewhentheycomewithintheprescribedsmalldistance.Themergingoftwodropletsapartfromeachotheratdifferentinitialdistancesistestedandthepossiblelarger(orcritical)non-dimensionaldistance,inwhichdropletsmergingcanoccur,isdiscussed.TheevolutionofthemergingprocessissimulatednumericallybyemployingtheMolecularDynamics(MD)method.Forinteractionswithhydrophobicsolidwall,asystemwithfluidconfinedbetweentwowallsisusedtostudythewettingphenomenaoffluidandsolidwall.Theresultsarecomparedwiththoseofhydrophilicwalltoshowtheuniquecharacteristicsofhydrophobicinteractionsbymicroscopicmethods.
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出版日期 2008年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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