Modeling of Spreading Behavior of High Surface Tension Water Droplets Impinging on Ceramic Cylindrical Surfaces

ZHANG Zhuang; XIAO Junjie

doi:10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.13.030

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (13) : 280-288. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.13.030

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Modeling of Spreading Behavior of High Surface Tension Water Droplets Impinging on Ceramic Cylindrical Surfaces

ZHANG Zhuang^a, XIAO Junjie^a,b,c*

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The work aims to investigate the prediction models of the maximum spreading diameter for high surface tension water droplets impinging on ceramic cylindrical surfaces. Based on the law of energy conservation, a theoretical model for the maximum spreading diameter factor was developed by considering inertial force, surface tension, viscous dissipation, and contact angle. Then, a numerical model of droplet impacting on a ceramic cylindrical surface was established with the Volume of Fluid method, and the spreading behavior was simulated and analyzed. The prediction accuracy of both the theoretical and numerical models was evaluated by comparing with experimental data from dynamic spreading experiments of high surface tension water droplets impacting on ceramic cylindrical surfaces. The maximum relative error between the theoretical model predictions and the experimental results was 7.32%, while that between the numerical simulation results and the experimental results was 2.07%. They were in good agreement with the experimental results. The proposed theoretical and numerical models can accurately describe the spreading behavior of high surface tension droplets impinging on ceramic cylindrical surfaces, providing a theoretical basis and technical support for analyzing droplet spreading behavior and informing process decisions in engineering fields such as curved surface printing.

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impinging / spreading behavior / spreading diameter factor / theoretical prediction model / numerical simulation

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ZHANG Zhuang, XIAO Junjie. Modeling of Spreading Behavior of High Surface Tension Water Droplets Impinging on Ceramic Cylindrical Surfaces[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2026, 47(13): 280-288 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.13.030

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