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physics.flu-dyn2022

Viscoplastic sessile drop coalescence

Vanessa R. Kern, Torstein Sæter, Andreas Carlson

The evolution of the liquid bridge formed between two coalescing sessile yield-stress drops is studied experimentally. We find that the height of the bridge evolves similar to a vi…

physics.flu-dyn2021

Multiple droplets on a conical fiber: formation, motion, and droplet mergers

Carmen L. Lee, Tak Shing Chan, Andreas Carlson +1

Small droplets on slender conical fibers spontaneously move along the fiber due to capillary action. The droplet motion depends on the geometry of the cone, the surface wettability…

physics.flu-dyn2020

Film coating by directional droplet spreading on fibers

Tak Shing Chan, Carmen L. Lee, Christian Pedersen +2

Plants and insects use slender conical structures to transport and collect small droplets, which are propelled along the conical structures due to capillary action. These droplets…

physics.flu-dyn2020

Film deposition of a self-propelled droplet on a cone with slip

T. S. Chan, C. Pedersen, J. Koplik +1

We study the dynamic wetting of a self-propelled viscous droplet using the time-dependent lubrication equation on a conical-shaped substrate for different cone radii, cone angles a…

physics.flu-dyn201964 cited

Curving to fly: Synthetic adaptation unveils optimal flight performance of whirling fruits

Jean Rabault, Richard A. Fauli, Andreas Carlson

Appendages of seeds, fruits and other diaspores (dispersal units) are essential for their wind dispersal, as they act as wings and enable them to fly. Whirling fruits generate an a…

physics.flu-dyn2019

Asymptotic regimes in elastohydrodynamic and stochastic leveling on a viscous film

Christian Pedersen, John Niven, Thomas Salez +2

An elastic sheet that deforms near a solid substrate in a viscous fluid is a situation relevant to various dynamical processes in biology, geophysics and engineering. Here, we stud…