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Supercomputer simulation of liquid drop formation on a solid surface
Author(s) -
Greenspan Donald
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1097-0363
pISSN - 0271-2091
DOI - 10.1002/fld.1650130707
Subject(s) - drop (telecommunication) , solid surface , nonlinear system , supercomputer , contact angle , ordinary differential equation , liquid drop , mechanics , graphite , surface (topology) , materials science , physics , computer science , thermodynamics , differential equation , mathematics , geometry , mechanical engineering , engineering , mathematical analysis , parallel computing , chemical physics , composite material , quantum mechanics
Using a molecular‐dynamics‐type approach, we show how to simulate the formation of a liquid drop on a solid surface. Application is made to the case in which the liquid is water and the solid is graphite. The dynamical equations are large systems of nonlinear, ordinary differential equations which must be solved numerically. CRAY X‐MP/24 simulations and related contact angle calculations are described and discussed.