LI Chunxi, ZHANG Shuo, XUE Quanxi, et al. Drag reduction of superhydrophobic microchannels based on parabolic gas-liquid interfaces[J]. CIESC Journal, 2016, 67(10): 4126-4134.
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LI Chunxi, ZHANG Shuo, XUE Quanxi, et al. Drag reduction of superhydrophobic microchannels based on parabolic gas-liquid interfaces[J]. CIESC Journal, 2016, 67(10): 4126-4134.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20160629.
Drag reduction of superhydrophobic microchannels based on parabolic gas-liquid interfaces
two-dimensional fluid laminar flow in superhydrophobic microchannels was numerically simulated with given parabolic gas-liquid interfaces. The effects of several flow and structural parameters on fRe
the normalized slip length and pressure drop were investigated. The results show that superhydrophobic microchannels with rectangular microcavities exhibited significant drag reduction in a way that fRe increased slightly with increase of Reynolds number whereas normalized pressure drop decreased slightly with increase of inlet velocity. When the area ratio of microcavities was increased or the microchannel diameter was decreased
fRe was reduced but normalized pressure drop was enhanced. In case of small microchannel diameter
the area ratio of microcavities significantly affected fRe. With increase of the parabolic height
the ratio of normalized pressure drop and the normalized slip length decreased linearly
however fRe increased linearly. The impact of microcavities on the normalized slip length and the ratio of normalized pressure drop was minimal provided that the microcavity depth was greater than 40% of its width. The dovetail microcavities exhibited the greatest effect on drag reduction
followed by the rectangular
trapezoidal
triangular microcavities in the order of high to low.