Spreading dynamics, heat transfer, and solidification behaviour of a single molten droplet impinging on a solid surface of different inclinations

International Journal of Thermal Sciences 2026 Open access

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Authors: Raju Chowdhury, Geoffrey M. Evans, Tom Honeyands, Brian J. Monaghan, David Scimone, Subhasish Mitra
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2026.110692
Cited by: 2
References: 51

Abstract

Molten metal droplet-solid substrate interaction is an important physical phenomenon in diverse industrial applications from thermal spray coating to refractory wear remediation in basic oxygen steelmaking furnace. The process involves small spatio-temporal dynamics of competing inertia, surface tension and viscous force along with heat transfer and phase change. In this study, a 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed based on an interface-capturing volume of fluid (VOF) approach to simulate the spreading, and solidification behaviour of a molten droplet impinging (Weber number

Fields of Study & Subjects

Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer High-Temperature Coating Behaviors Erosion and Abrasive Machining

Publication details

Journal / source
International Journal of Thermal Sciences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
224
Pages
110692–110692
Publication date
18 January 2026
Language
EN