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Lattice Boltmann simulation of flows in a liquid droplet on a solid surface with a heat flux Full article

Journal Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer
ISSN: 2169-2785
Output data Year: 2026, Volume: 14, Number: 1, Pages: 13–23 Pages count : 11 DOI: 10.1615/interfacphenomheattransfer.2025061727
Tags droplets, wettability, contact angle, heat transfer enhancement, vortical flow, heat flux, lattice Boltzmann method
Authors Kupershtokh Alexander 1 , Medvedev Dmitry 1
Affiliations
1 Lavrentyev Institute of Hidrodynamics SB RAS

Abstract: We obtain the pictures of vortical liquid flow inside a droplet placed a heated surface. The flow arises due to simultaneous action of a nonuniform evaporation at the droplet surface and the Marangoni effect. Calculations are carried out with the lattice Boltzmann method taking into account the conductive and convective heat fluxes, the evaporation and the condensation, and the temperature dependence of the surface tension. The influence of the droplet shape (which depends on the contact angle) on the possibility of the arising of vortical flows inside the droplet is shown.
Cite: Kupershtokh A. , Medvedev D.
Lattice Boltmann simulation of flows in a liquid droplet on a solid surface with a heat flux
Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer. 2026. V.14. N1. P.13–23. DOI: 10.1615/interfacphenomheattransfer.2025061727
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Submitted: Sep 18, 2025
Accepted: Dec 2, 2025
Published online: Dec 3, 2025
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