A study of droplet deformation

In both engineering and medical applications it is often useful to use the knowledge of the conditions under which adhering liquid droplets appear, deform and interact with surrounding fluids, in order to either remove or create them. Examples include the de-wetting of aircraft surfaces and the process of injecting glue into the bloodstream in the treatment of aneurysms. In this study, we look at various methods of modelling a particular class of droplets - those attached to a wall in the presence of an external shear flow.