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Dynamic wetting failure and hydrodynamic assist in curtain coating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2016

Chen-Yu Liu ,
Eric Vandre ,
Marcio S. Carvalho  and
Satish Kumar
Chen-Yu Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Eric Vandre
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Marcio S. Carvalho*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22451-900, Brazil
Satish Kumar*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
*
†Email addresses for correspondence: msc@puc-rio.br, kumar030@umn.edu
†Email addresses for correspondence: msc@puc-rio.br, kumar030@umn.edu
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Abstract

Dynamic wetting failure in curtain coating of Newtonian liquids is studied in this work. A hydrodynamic model accounting for air flow near the dynamic contact line (DCL) is developed to describe two-dimensional (2D) steady wetting and to predict the onset of wetting failure. A hybrid approach is used where air is described by a one-dimensional model and liquid by a 2D model, and the resulting hybrid formulation is solved with the Galerkin finite element method. The results reveal that the delay of wetting failure in curtain coating – often termed hydrodynamic assist – mainly arises from the hydrodynamic pressure generated by the inertia of the impinging curtain. This pressure leads to a strong capillary-stress gradient that pumps air away from the DCL and thus increases the critical substrate speed for wetting failure. Although the parameter values used in the model are different from those in experiments due to computational limitations, the model is able to capture the experimentally observed non-monotonic behaviour of the critical substrate speed as the feed flow rate increases (Blake et al., Phys. Fluids, vol. 11, 1999, p. 1995–2007). The influence of insoluble surfactants is also investigated, and the results show that Marangoni stresses tend to thin the air film and increase air-pressure gradients near the DCL, thereby promoting the onset of wetting failure. In addition, Marangoni stresses reduce the degree of hydrodynamic assist in curtain coating, suggesting a possible mechanism for experimental observations reported by Marston et al. (Exp. Fluids, vol. 46, 2009, pp. 549–558).

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Materials Processing Flows: Coating Interfacial Flows (free surface): Contact lines Interfacial Flows (free surface): Interfacial Flows (free surface)
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 808 , 10 December 2016 , pp. 290 - 315
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