2015/12/31 by Joshua Bostwick, J. B. Bostwick, Joshua Dijksman +3
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Centrifugal force #Contact dynamics #Dynamics (music) #Exponent #Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer #Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films #Fluid dynamics #Power law #Rotational symmetry #Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity #Wetting #physics.flu-dyn
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevfluids.2.014006
published as Phys. Rev. Fluids 2, 014006 (2017)
arxiv created 2016/07/11 · openalex created_date 2016/08/23 · openalex publication_date 2017/01/26 · arxiv updated 2018/10/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
The collapse dynamics of an axisymmetric fluid cavity that wets the bottom of a rotating bucket is studied. The model captures the effect of capillary, gravitational, and centrifugal forces on this converging contact-line flow. Predictions for the collapse time appear as a power law whose exponent compares favorably to experiment.