Elastic Wetting: Substrate-Supported Droplets Confined by Soft Elastic Membranes
Dear iMechanicians,
Dear iMechanicians,
Theoretical study into the hydrophobicity exhibited by a representative rare earth oxide, CeO2.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169433219302399
Dear all,
I'm trying to simulate the transient behavior of a fluid and I'm finding it very difficult to capture the wetting angle.
To begin with, I only considering the idealized case.
The common approach is to apply the pressure load
p = 2 H γ
where p is the pressure (normal traction) on the surface, H is the Gaussian curvature of the surface, and γ is the surface energy
This load will of course always yield the same equilibrium shape for a viscous fluid, regardless of the value of γ.
Now, comparing with Young's relation, where one obtains a balance containing surface energies for every interface.