Motion of rain drops on a car side window

Motion of rain drops on a car side window

The present paper studies the initial motion of rain drops on a car side window. An explanation to the common observation of drops going up the window when a car reaches a given speed is provided, which takes into account the dimensions of the drops and the wind speed. We also discuss the importance...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Emergent scientist 2019, Vol.3, p.3
Hauptverfasser: André, Julie, Brochet, Clément, Louis, Quentin, Barral, Amaury, Guillen, Anthony, Goh, Fang-Ting, Prieto, Angel, Guillet, Thibault
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
adhesion
car
Contact angle
drop
Equilibrium
Polymethyl methacrylate
Population studies
Rain
Reynolds number
trajectory
wind
Wind speed
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:The present paper studies the initial motion of rain drops on a car side window. An explanation to the common observation of drops going up the window when a car reaches a given speed is provided, which takes into account the dimensions of the drops and the wind speed. We also discuss the importance of the actual window geometry, the state of the surface, and the drop size distribution. This work may thus be used as a basis for complete study of a population of drops against a car window.
ISSN:2556-8779
2556-8779
DOI:10.1051/emsci/2019002