Relaxation of a Moving Contact Line and Landau-Levich Effect

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30 June 2000

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0006496

Abstract

The dynamics of the deformations of a moving contact line is formulated. It is shown that an advancing contact line relaxes more quickly as compared to the equilibium case, while for a receding contact line there is a corresponding slowing down. For a receding contact line on a heterogeneous solid surface, it is found that a roughening transition takes place which formally corresponds to the onset of leaving a Landau-Levich film.

Keywords

DYNAMICS OF THE DEFORMATIONS
RECEDING CONTACT LINE
MOVING CONTACT LINE
LEVICH EFFECT
LANDAU LEVICH

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Version 1, 2000-06-30, ArXiv
Published version: Europhysics Letters, 55 (2), 228.

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