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Self-Propulsion of Boiling Droplets on Thin Heated Oil Films

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dc.creator Leon, Victor Julio
dc.creator Varanasi, Kripa K
dc.date 2022-02-01T16:48:38Z
dc.date 2022-01-26T17:50:49Z
dc.date 2022-02-01T16:48:38Z
dc.date 2021-08
dc.date 2021-05
dc.date 2022-01-26T17:40:50Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-17T20:07:52Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-17T20:07:52Z
dc.identifier 0031-9007
dc.identifier 1079-7114
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139746.2
dc.identifier Leon, Victor Julio and Varanasi, Kripa K. 2021. "Self-Propulsion of Boiling Droplets on Thin Heated Oil Films." Physical Review Letters, 127 (7).
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242120
dc.description We report on the self-propulsion of boiling droplets which, despite their contact with viscous, immiscible oil films, attain high velocities comparable to those of levitating Leidenfrost droplets. Experiments and model reveal that droplet propulsion originates from a coupling between seemingly disparate short and long timescale phenomena due to microsecond fluctuations induced by boiling events at the droplet-oil interface. This interplay of phenomena leads to continuous asymmetric vapor release and momentum transfer for high droplet velocities.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher American Physical Society (APS)
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.127.074502
dc.relation Physical Review Letters
dc.rights Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.
dc.source APS
dc.title Self-Propulsion of Boiling Droplets on Thin Heated Oil Films
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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