The document contains several equations relating to fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and surface tension. Key equations included the non-dimensional form of the z-component of the equation of motion for duct flow, the Darcy-Weisbach equation relating pressure drop to flow characteristics, expressions for surface tension and contact angle, equations for heat transfer via conduction and convection, equations of state, and relationships for capillary pressure and the volume and surface area of a spherical cap.
The document contains several equations relating to fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and surface tension. Key equations included the non-dimensional form of the z-component of the equation of motion for duct flow, the Darcy-Weisbach equation relating pressure drop to flow characteristics, expressions for surface tension and contact angle, equations for heat transfer via conduction and convection, equations of state, and relationships for capillary pressure and the volume and surface area of a spherical cap.
The document contains several equations relating to fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and surface tension. Key equations included the non-dimensional form of the z-component of the equation of motion for duct flow, the Darcy-Weisbach equation relating pressure drop to flow characteristics, expressions for surface tension and contact angle, equations for heat transfer via conduction and convection, equations of state, and relationships for capillary pressure and the volume and surface area of a spherical cap.
The document contains several equations relating to fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and surface tension. Key equations included the non-dimensional form of the z-component of the equation of motion for duct flow, the Darcy-Weisbach equation relating pressure drop to flow characteristics, expressions for surface tension and contact angle, equations for heat transfer via conduction and convection, equations of state, and relationships for capillary pressure and the volume and surface area of a spherical cap.
2 ds 1 ε 1 Le (=Sc/Pr) = α/D, (α=k/ρcp) Ec/Re2 = ν2/(cp∆T d2), Ec = w /c ∆T = − div q r p dt T ρ ρ
cosθW = r cos θ , cosθC = f cosθ + (1 − f) cosθ0
The volume and surface area of a spherical cap can be expressed as
𝜋 𝑎3 𝑉 (𝑎, 𝜃) = (2 − 3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 3 𝜃) 3 𝑠𝑖𝑛3 𝜃
Where V is the volume of the droplet, a is the base (wetted) radius; R is the radius of the entire spherical droplet and θ is the contact angle. The surface area can be expressed as 2 𝜋 𝑎2 𝑆 (𝑎, 𝜃) = 1 + cos 𝜃 The flow rate in a tube
8µ LQ ∆P = 4 πR
The capillary pressure drop in presence of a surface tension variation is given by the following relation, where A and R denote the advancing and receding ends of the droplet.
