We present high speed video of Cassie-Baxter to Wenzel drop transition during gentle deposition of droplets where the modest amount of energy is channeled via rapid deceleration into a high water hammer pressure.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1010.3795,
title = {Deceleration Driven Wetting Transition During "Gentle" Drop Deposition},
author = {Hyuk-Min Kwon and Adam T. Paxson and Kripa K. Varanasi and Neelesh A. Patankar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.3795},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
This is the video submission for the Gallery of Fluid Motion in APS DFD Meeting 2010 Comments : Minor typos corrected on the title: Druing->During, and Depostion -> Deposition