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arxiv: physics/0510059 · v1 · submitted 2005-10-07 · ⚛️ physics.flu-dyn

Contact line motion for partially wetting fluids

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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.

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