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On the ability of drops to stick to surfaces of solids. Part 3. The influences of the motion of the surrounding fluid on dislodging drops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

E. B. Dussan V.
E. B. Dussan V.
Affiliation:
Schlumberger-Doll Research, Old Quarry Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA
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Abstract

The ability of a drop to stick to a solid surface is investigated when the surrounding fluid is in motion. The specific problem analysed consists of a small drop on a planar surface immersed in a second immiscible fluid which is flowing parallel to the solid surface at a constant rate of strain. An expression is obtained, in terms of experimentally measurable quantities, for the value of the rate of strain beyond which the drop cannot maintain contact with a fixed position on the solid. The most limiting restrictions assumed in the analysis are that both the advancing contact angle and the contact angle hysteresis must be small.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 174 , January 1987 , pp. 381 - 397
Copyright
© 1987 Cambridge University Press

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