Splashing and break-up of high-speed drops on wetted surfaces The splashing during the high-speed impact of drops on wetted surfaces is a complex phenomenon that ejects an irregular, undulated, and bent liquid sheet. This

From smooth liquid sheets to chaotic crowns, increasing impact speed transforms droplet splashing. This work links that transition to #ReynoldsNumber and uncovers how instabilities shape droplet size and velocity.

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Great to be at the UK Fluids conference, meet lots of people and give the opening plenary. Started with low Re flows and it can only speed up from there 😀 photos courtesy of Ben Evans Swansea University #ukfc2024 #ukfluids #soilmodelling #soil #lowRe #reynoldsnumber #leadership #stem #engineering