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A novel procedure for tracking the propagation of the corona observed after the impact of liquid drops on thin films is proposed for the case of non-normal drop impacts. Three-dimensional adaptive-grid simulations are performed for different impingement angles and Weber numbers. In the numerical model, the Navier-Stokes equations are complemented with the Volume-Of-Fluid (VOF) method to model the gas-liquid interface. In the considered cases, the main features of the corona dynamics determined using the proposed technique are consistent with the three-dimensional description of the flow.
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Brambilla, P., Guardone, A. Automatic tracking of corona propagation in three-dimensional simulations of non-normal drop impact on a liquid film. Computing 95, 415–424 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00607-012-0271-3
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