How Nanofluids Influence Droplet impact on a Solid Substrate and Surface-to-Droplet Heat Transfer KU Leuven
The aim of this thesis is to understand the effect of added nanoparticles on both the hydrodynamics and heat transfer of droplets impacting on solid substrate. Therefore, in the first part, nanofluid drop impact onto a smooth sapphire substrate is experimentally investigated over wide ranges of Reynolds (100 < $\Re$ < 10000) and Weber (50 < $\We$ < 500) numbers for three \Al~nanofluid mass concentrations of 0.01~wt.\%, 0.1~wt.\%, ...