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Study of Effects of Surface Wettability on Frosting and Droplet Manipulation

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posted on 2018-07-25, 00:00 authored by Mohamed Elsharkawy
The impact and subsequent freezing of water droplets on solid surfaces is a common mechanism for surface icing and frosting. We investigate this mechanism by decoupling it into two separate phenomena: 1) Impact of droplets on solid surfaces and 2) Freezing, and subsequent frosting, of surfaces under wet conditions. Our goal is to unravel the role that the underlying wettability plays for both of these phenomena.

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Advisor

Megaridis, Constantine M

Chair

Megaridis, Constantine M

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Degree Grantor

University of Illinois at Chicago

Degree Level

  • Doctoral

Committee Member

Xu, Jie Schlossman, Mark Ganguly, Ranjan Asinari , Pietro

Submitted date

May 2018

Issue date

2018-05-01

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