We consider the dynamics of spreading of a small drop over a smooth solid surface. The analysis is concerned with complete wetting and accounts for capillary, viscous, and van der Waals effects, with two spreading geometries considered: cylindrical and axisymmetric. A complete description of the dro
Equilibration dynamics of wetting layers
โ Scribed by H. Musil; S. Herminghaus; P. Leiderer
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Weight
- 353 KB
- Volume
- 294
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-2584
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