• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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• pp.26-29
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• 2008

In the fields of electronics and displays where inkjet printing has demonstrated its capability to fabricate colorant subpixels of thin film transistor liquid crystal(TFT LCD) color filters and organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays, conducting tracks and TFTs, the production of satellite droplets is one of primary things to eliminate because they generally deteriorate the pattern quality. To understand the production mechanism of satellite droplets in this paper, driving waveforms such as monopolar and bipolar were employed and the influence of the pulse duration time were investigated in both experimental and numerical aspects.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2006

The present article proposes a new droplet collision model including the stretching separation regime and the formation of satellite droplets. The new model consists of several equations to calculate the post-collision characteristics of colliding droplets and satellite droplets. These equations are derived from the energy balance of droplets between before and after collision. For binary collision of water droplets, the new model shows good agreement with experimental data far the number of satellite droplets.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.1891-1896
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• 2004

The present article proposes a new droplet collision model including the stretching separation regime and the formation of satellite droplets. The new model consists of a several equations to calculate the post-collision characteristics of colliding droplets and satellite droplets. These equations are derived from the energy balance of droplets between before and after collision. For binary collision of water droplets, the new model shows good agreement with experimental data for the number of satellite droplets. Nevertheless, it is thought that, in order to guarantee the generality of the new model, the improvements should be performed to consider the effects of the bouncing and the reflexive separation, which is essential process in the collision of hydrocarbon droplets.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2006년도 PARALLEL CFD 2006
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• pp.381-381
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• 2006

• Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.32-40
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• 2003

Numerical simulation code is developed to study the formation of liquid drops from a nozzle into another quiescent liquid. The Navier-Stokes equations for two immiscible, incompressible, Newtonian fluids are solved on a fixed, staggered grid of cylindrical axisymmetric coordinates. Interfacial motion is captured using a Front-Tracking Method. The time variation of interfacial shape simulated by the code is in excellent agreement with experiments. Simulation results show that the viscosity ratio affects the size of the satellite drops.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2012

The droplet ejection behavior from drop-on-demand printhead are investigated numerically in terms of the non-dimensional parameters. The numerical simulation is performed using a volume-of-fluid model. It is important to eject droplet within the printability range, where the droplet is ejected in stable manner without satellite droplets. Generally, the printability range has been determined by Z number, which is the inverse of Oh number. However, it is found that the ejection of droplets with same Z number can exhibit different behavior depending on the value of Ca and We number. Therefore, it is insufficient to determine the printability range only with Z number. Instead, other non-dimensional parameters, such as Ca and We number, should be considered comprehensively.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.641-647
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• 2016

피에조 DOD(drop-on-demand) 잉크젯 프린팅 방식은 다양한 종류의 잉크를 사용할 수 있기 때문에 최근에 첨단 산업에 적용이 활발히 연구되고 있다. 피에조 잉크젯 헤드에서 토출되는 액적의 형성 과정을 VOF(Volume-of-Fluid) 기법을 이용한 전산해석으로 예측하고 이를 측정결과와 비교하였다. 작동유체는 에틸렌 글리콜 50%와 IPA(Isopropil alchol) 50%의 혼합액을 사용하였다. 노즐 출구에서 메니스커스 변위의 시간에 따른 변화를 직접 측정하여 노즐 입구의 속도분포를 예측하고 이를 해석의 초기조건 입력자료로 사용하였다. 측정치와 해석치를 비교한 결과 전산해석이 측정치의 액적 형성 과정을 잘 예측함을 알 수 있었다. 주액적 형성과정보다 위성액적 형성과정 예측에 오차가 약간 컸는데, 이는 정지중의 공기에 큰 질량의 주액적이 날아가는 것을 예측할 때는 해석오차가 적지만 주액적에 의해서 주변 공기 유동이 활발해진 상태에서 적은 질량의 위성액적이 날아가는 것을 예측할 때는 해석오차가 상대적으로 커지기 때문이다. 또한 에틸렌 글리콜과 IPA의 혼합 비율을 달리하여 물성치를 변화시킨 다른 잉크에 대해서도 잉크 액적 형상을 예측한 결과 실험 결과를 비교적 정확히 예측할 수 있었다.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2012

The droplet ejection behavior from drop-on-demand printhead are investigated numerically for Newtonian and shear-thinning fluid. The numerical simulation is performed using a volume-of-fluid model. In this study, we compare the printable range in terms of Z number and pinch-off time for Newtonian and shear-thinning fluids. The printability range are found to be 1.08 $$\leq_-$$ Z $$\leq_-$$ 12.9 for Newtonian fluid and 0.8 $$\leq_-$$ Z $$\leq_-$$ 12.9 for shear-thinning fluid. However, air entrainment is observed during merging of primary and satellite droplet within the printability range. The pinch-off time of the shear-thinning fluid is apparently shorter compared to the corresponding Newtonian fluid due to shear-thinning effects and the differences in the pinch-off time is enlarged significantly when the capillary number is larger than 0.5.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2006

A numerical simulation of the binary collision dynamics of water drops for size ratios of 1 and 0.75, for the Weber number range of 5 to 100, and for all impact parameter is reported. Two different types of separating collisions, namely reflexive and stretching separations, are identified. A numerical method is based on a fractional-step method with a finite volume formulation and the interface is tracked with Volume of Fluid(VOF) method, including surface tension. Numerical results for size ratios 1 and 0.75 are reasonablely compared with Ashgriz and Poo's experimental results.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.205-213
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• 2005

The drop ejection process from a micro nozzle is investigated by numerically solving the conservation equations for mass and momentum. The liquid-gas interface is tracked by a level set method which is extended for two-fluid flows with irregular solid boundaries. Based on the numerical results, the liquid jet breaking and droplet formation behavior is found to depend strongly on the pulse type of forcing pressure and the contact angle at the gas-liquid-solid interline. The negative pressure forcing can be used to control the formation of satellite droplets. Also, various nozzle shapes are tested to investigate their effect on droplet formation.