... splat cooling impact (mechanical) Droplet Heat Transfer Impingement Solidification The impact process of a molten metal droplet impinging on a solid substrate surface is encountered in several technological applications such as thermal spray coating 1 2 , spray deposition of metal...

... for publication in the JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER . Manuscript received by the Heat Transfer Division July 16, 2003; revision received November 20, 2003. Associate Editor: C. Amon. 16 July 2003 20 November 2003 16 06 2004 rapid solidification splat cooling liquid metals drops...

... substrate, nucleation of splat, solid splat-solid substrate, and solid splat-liquid substrate. The Biot number at the bottom surface of the splat during liquid splat cooling increases and nucleation time decreases with increasing contact Biot number, density ratio, and solid conductivity of the substrate...