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Kripa K. Varanasi.
Leon, Victor Julio.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
2020-02-10T21:40:58Z
2020-02-10T21:40:58Z
2019
2019
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123745
1138945010
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Page 48 plank. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-47).
In this thesis, we investigate the self-propulsion of small droplets below the capillary length on thin liquid films. At film temperatures above the boiling point of the droplet and lower film viscosities, we observe that droplets can propel at velocities up to 16cm/s. We predict the droplet velocities using a model that scales thin oil film viscous friction to the momentum of the vapor ejected from beneath the boiling droplet.
by Victor Julio Leon.
S.M.
S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
48 pages
eng
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