The effect of the contact line on droplet spreading

DOI10.1017/S0022112091001337zbMath0719.76071OpenAlexW2115786480MaRDI QIDQ5752200

Patrick J. Haley, Michael J. Miksis

Publication date: 1991

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112091001337

zbMATH Keywords

lubrication theorynonlinear partial differential equationmethod of matched asymptoticsfree surface of a viscous dropletnonequilibrium contact angle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lubrication theory (76D08) Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20)

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• Contact-Line Problems in Fluid Mechanics
• Moving contact lines at non-zero capillary number
• Moving contact lines and rivulet instabilities. Part 1. The static rivulet
• The spreading of a drop by capillary action
• The moving contact line: the slip boundary condition
• A moving fluid interface. Part 2. The removal of the force singularity by a slip flow
• On the motion of a small viscous droplet that wets a surface
• On the motion of a fluid-fluid interface along a solid surface

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