Research on the droplet impact on a hydrophobic surface is of important theoretical significance and engineering value, both in mesoscopic fluid mechanics and interactions between microfluid and special materials. The van der Waals (vdW) equation of state relates the pressure to the temperature and the density of the fluid, and gives the long-range attractive force and short-range repulsive force between particles. The van der Waals equation of state can be used to describe the surface tension between liquid and vapor. As a pure meshless particle method, the smoothed particle hydrodynamic (SPH) method can use the vdW equation of state written in SPH form of N-S equations to describe the surface tension. The vdW surface tension mode is validated by simulating the coalescence of two equally sized static droplets in vacuum. Repellant of the hydrophobic surface is derived from a core potential. By combining the vdW surface tension and the repulsive force of the surface, the phenomenon of a liquid droplet impact with a certain initial velocity on the hydrophobic surface is studied. The SPH model is not only capable to describe the spreading of the droplet after it contacts the surface, but also clearly reproduces the springback, bouncing and secondary impact of the droplet. During the deformation of the droplet, the inertia force impels the spreading process of the droplet whilst the springback and bouncing behavior is dominated by the surface tension. The simulated results are in good agreement with the published experimental observations and VOF simulated results, indicating that the way we treat the surface tension and the repulsive force of the hydrophobic surface is effective and applicable in droplet impact surface problems. The impact velocity and liquid viscosity are considered to be two important factors that affect the deformation of the droplet after it contacts the surface. By varying the impact velocity within a certain range it is concluded that the maximum liquid-solid contact area increases as the impact velocity grows, and the bounced droplet will leave the surface when the velocity is big enough. Another comparison between different liquid viscosities shows that the maximum contact area decreases as the liquid viscosity increases because of the viscous dissipation, and the droplet barely rebound when the liquid viscosity is big enough.%液滴撞击疏水壁面过程的研究在介观流体力学和微流体作用材料科学的研究中具有重要的理论意义和工程价值。论文在SPH方法中引入范德瓦尔斯状态方程处理液滴表面张力，考虑流体粒子之间远程吸引，近程排斥的内部作用力，提出了流体粒子与疏水壁面粒子间势能函数与表面张力相结合的作用模式。通过模拟真空条件下两个静止的等体积液滴相互融合的过程，验证了计算模式在模拟液滴的表面张力中的有效性。采用该模式模拟的液滴撞击疏水壁面过程，不仅能够有效地模拟液滴撞击壁面后的变形过程，而且清晰地模拟出液滴的回弹、腾空以及二次撞壁现象的完整过程。模拟结果与液滴撞击疏水壁面的实验结果以及VOF模拟结果符合较好，表明本文所提出的表面张力和疏水壁面作用力处理模式对模拟液滴撞壁过程具有实际应用价值。
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