TY - JOUR
T1 - Asymptotic analysis of the dewetting rim
AU - Snoeijer, Jacco H.
AU - Eggers, Jens
PY - 2010/11/15
Y1 - 2010/11/15
N2 - Consider a film of viscous liquid covering a solid surface, which it does not wet. If there is an initial hole in the film, the film will retract further, forming a rim of fluid at the receding front. We calculate the shape of the rim as well as the speed of the front using lubrication theory. We employ asymptotic matching between the contact line region, the rim, and the film. Our results are consistent with simple ideas involving dynamic contact angles and permit us to calculate all free parameters of this description, previously unknown.
AB - Consider a film of viscous liquid covering a solid surface, which it does not wet. If there is an initial hole in the film, the film will retract further, forming a rim of fluid at the receding front. We calculate the shape of the rim as well as the speed of the front using lubrication theory. We employ asymptotic matching between the contact line region, the rim, and the film. Our results are consistent with simple ideas involving dynamic contact angles and permit us to calculate all free parameters of this description, previously unknown.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.056314
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.056314
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 21230583
AN - SCOPUS:78651364509
SN - 1539-3755
VL - 82
JO - Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
JF - Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
IS - 5
M1 - 056314
ER -