Rival contact-angle models and the spreading of drops

DOI10.1017/S0022112092004579zbMath0754.76022MaRDI QIDQ4017632

L. M. Hocking

Publication date: 16 January 1993

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

gravity; horizontal surface; complete wetting; small static contact angles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D08: Lubrication theory

76D45: Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible viscous fluids

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