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On the wetting dynamics in a Couette flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2013

Peng Gao  and
Xi-Yun Lu
Peng Gao*
Affiliation:
Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China
Xi-Yun Lu
Affiliation:
Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China
*
†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

The dynamics of moving contact lines in a two-phase Couette flow is investigated by using a matched asymptotic procedure. The walls are assumed to be partially wetting, and the microscopic contact angle is finite but sufficiently small so that the lubrication approach can be used. Explicit formulas are derived to characterize the shear-induced interface deformation and the critical capillary number for the onset of wetting transition. It is found that the apparent contact angle vanishes for liquid–air systems and remains finite for liquid–liquid systems when the wetting transition occurs.

JFM classification

Interfacial Flows (free surface): Contact lines Interfacial Flows (free surface): Interfacial Flows (free surface) Interfacial Flows (free surface): Thin films
Type
Rapids
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 724 , 10 June 2013 , R1
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©2013 Cambridge University Press 

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