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Statics and dynamics of liquid barrels in wedge geometries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2018

Élfego Ruiz-Gutiérrez Open the ORCID record for Élfego Ruiz-Gutiérrez [Opens in a new window] ,
Ciro Semprebon ,
Glen McHale  and
Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar Open the ORCID record for Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar [Opens in a new window]
Élfego Ruiz-Gutiérrez
Affiliation:
Smart Materials and Surfaces Laboratory, Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Ellison Place, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
Ciro Semprebon
Affiliation:
Smart Materials and Surfaces Laboratory, Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Ellison Place, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
Glen McHale
Affiliation:
Smart Materials and Surfaces Laboratory, Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Ellison Place, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar*
Affiliation:
Smart Materials and Surfaces Laboratory, Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Ellison Place, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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†Email address for correspondence: rodrigo.ledesma@northumbria.ac.uk
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Abstract

We present a theoretical study of the statics and dynamics of a partially wetting liquid droplet, of equilibrium contact angle $\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}_{e}$, confined in a solid wedge geometry of opening angle $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}$. We focus on a mostly non-wetting regime, given by the condition $\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}_{e}-\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}>90^{\circ }$, where the droplet forms a liquid barrel – a closed shape of positive mean curvature. Using a quasi-equilibrium assumption for the shape of the liquid–gas interface, we compute the changes to the surface energy and pressure distribution of the liquid upon a translation along the symmetry plane of the wedge. Our model is in good agreement with numerical calculations of the surface energy minimisation of static droplets deformed by gravity. Beyond the statics, we put forward a Lagrangian description of the droplet dynamics. We focus on the overdamped limit, where the driving capillary force is balanced by the frictional forces arising from the bulk hydrodynamics, the corner flow near the contact lines and the contact-line friction. Our results provide a theoretical framework to describe the motion of partially wetting liquids in confinement, and can be used to gain further understanding on the relative importance of dissipative processes that span from microscopic to macroscopic length scales.

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Interfacial Flows (free surface): Capillary flows Interfacial Flows (free surface): Contact lines Interfacial Flows (free surface): Liquid bridges
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 842 , 10 May 2018 , pp. 26 - 57
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