Numerical Study of the Wetting and Mobility of Liquid Droplets on Horizontal and Inclined Flat and Microgrooved Surfaces
Abstract(#br)Designing hydrophobic surfaces with controllable wettability has attracted much interest in the recent times. The present study seeks to simulate the static and dynamic wetting behavior of liquid droplets on horizontal flat and microgrooved surfaces and compare the findings with experimentally obtained data. Using an open-source software, a 3D drop-shape model is developed to numerically analyze the shape of liquid droplets and anisotropic wetting for a wide range of parametric space.