Contact line motion for partially wetting fluids
Fluid Dynamics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We study the flow close to an advancing contact line in the limit of small capillary number. To take into account wetting effects, both long and short-ranged contributions to the disjoining pressure are taken into account. In front of the contact line, there is a microscopic film corresponding to a minimum of the interaction potential. We compute the parameters of the contact line solution relevant to the matching to a macroscopic problem, for example a spreading droplet. The result closely resembles previous results obtained with a slip model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0510059,
title = {Contact line motion for partially wetting fluids},
author = {Jens Eggers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0510059},
year = {2009}
}