Dissipation in dynamics of a moving contact line.

The dynamics of the deformations of a moving contact line is studied assuming two different dissipation mechanisms. It is shown that the characteristic relaxation time for a deformation of wavelength 2pi/|k| of a contact line moving with velocity v is given as tau(-1)(k)=c(v)|k|. The velocity depend...

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Main Authors: Golestanian, R, Raphaël, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001