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Numerical Analysis of the Movement of an Initially Hemispherical Droplet on Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Surfaces

친수성/소수성 표면상에서 초기 반구형 액적의 움직임에 관한 수치해석

  • 명현국 (국민대학교 기계공학과) ;
  • 권영후 (국민대학교 기계공학과)
  • Received : 2014.11.17
  • Accepted : 2015.03.09
  • Published : 2015.05.01
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Abstract

Fluid transport is a key issue in the development of microfluidic systems. Recently, Myong (2014) has proposed a new concept for droplet transport without external power sources and numerically validated the results for a hypothetical 2D, initially having a hemicylindrical droplet. In this paper, the movement of an actual water droplet, initially having a 3D hemispherical shape, on horizontal hydrophilic/hydrophobic surfaces is simulated using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) package, Fluent, with VOF (volume of fluid) method. The results are compared with the 2D analysis of Myong (2014), and the transport mechanism for the actual water droplet is examined based on the numerical results of the time evolution of the droplet shape, as well as the total kinetic, gravitational, surface free and pressure energies inside the droplet.

유체이송 기술은 마이크로 유체시스템 개발에서 핵심문제로 인식되고 있다. 최근 명(2014)은 외부 동력을 사용하지 않고 액적을 이동시킬 수 있는 새로운 개념을 제안하고, 초기에 반원통형 형상을 가지는 가상의 2차원 액적에 대한 수치해석을 통해 이 개념이 성립함을 보였다. 본 논문에서는 친수성/소수성 표면위에서 초기 3차원 반구형상의 실제 물 액적이 가지는 움직임을 상용소프트웨어 Fluent의 VOF 방법을 사용하여 수치해석하였다. 해석결과는 명(2014)의 2차원 수치해석 결과와 비교하였으며, 또한 물 액적이송의 메커니즘을 시간에 따른 액적형상과 액적 내부의 운동에너지, 중력에너지, 표면자유에너지 및 압력에너지의 수치해석 결과를 통해 규명하였다.

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