Proyecto I+D
Project PID2023-147948OB-C32 i-FLOW-COMPEX
Computational and experimental methods for interfacial flows. Additive manufacturing processes by liquid metal jetting and deposition
Of National scope. With a Public character. It has been granted under a regime of Competitive.
In collaboration with other entities. Role: Member
Numerous processes in industry, the natural environment, biological systems, and everyday life involve fluid flows where an interface separates different fluids (immiscible liquids or liquid/gas). Fluid-fluid interfaces can exhibit many complex physical phenomena of different nature, which need to be properly understood and mathematically represented to predict and control the behavior of systems in which interfaces play a significant role. These physical phenomena can be divided into two categories: (1) those involving complex dynamic processes such as evaporation, solidification, and contact line displacement in the motion of a liquid on a solid surface, and (2) those related to changes in interfacial material and thermodynamic properties that occur when interfaces become structured due to the presence of laterally interacting generated (e.g. metal oxides) or adsorbed (surfactants, proteins, particles, polymers) species. The goal of this coordinated project is twofold: (1) to develop novel numerical and experimental tools that facilitate the study of processes in which the interfaces described above play a relevant role, and (2) to perform a study - through a combined computational and experimental approach - of how the aforementioned dynamic processes and complex material properties affect the interfacial flow behavior in various systems with industrial, technological, and biomedical relevance. Specifically, the interest of this study will focus on (1) additive
