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Experimental characterization of stable liquid rivulets on inclined surfaces: Influence of surface tension, viscosity and inclination angle on the interfacial area

Bonart, Henning; Marek, André; Repke, Jens-Uwe

In this work, liquid rivulets on inclined, smooth surfaces were examined experimentally using light-induced fluorescence. The influence of viscosity, surface tension and inclination angle was studied in terms of the Reynolds and Kapitza numbers. Detailed results on the interfacial area of the rivulets were obtained. Based on the experimental results, a correlation of the interfacial area in dependence on the Reynolds and Kapitza numbers is proposed. It is found, that the correlation can reproduce the experiments very well.
Published in: Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 10.1016/j.cherd.2017.07.022, Elsevier