On fluid/wall slippage
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Certain (non polymeric) fluids show an anomalously low friction when flowing against well chosen solid walls. We discuss here one possible explanation, postulating that a gaseous film of small thickness h is present between fluid and wall. When h is smaller than the mean free path l of the gas (Knudsen regime) the Navier length b is expected to be independent of h and very large (microns).
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0112383,
title = {On fluid/wall slippage},
author = {Pierre-Gilles de Gennes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0112383},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, 2 EPS figures. Submitted to Langmuir