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Stability in systems with moving contact lines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

E. B. Dussan V.  and
S. H. Davis
E. B. Dussan V.
Affiliation:
Schlumberger-Doll Research Laboratory, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA
S. H. Davis
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
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Abstract

An energy stability theory is formulated for systems having moving contact lines. The method derives from criteria obtained from the integral mechanical-energy balance manipulated to reflect general material and dynamical properties of moving-contact-line regions. The method yields conditions for both stability and instability and is applied to the two-dimensional Rayleigh-Taylor problem in a vertical slot.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 173 , December 1986 , pp. 115 - 130
Copyright
© 1986 Cambridge University Press

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