Numerical studies of flows over liquid droplets on cylindrical fibers

Numerical calculations are carried out to study flows around liquid droplets held in place by cylindrical fibers. Two configurations were considered: (1) a droplet supported at the middle of a fiber that extends into the gas phase on both sides of the droplet and (2) a droplet suspended at the end of a fiber. Calculations are done for droplet Reynolds numbers based on droplet diameters of 0–100. The flow around a supported droplet loses its...