Abstract
The motion of two immiscible fluids with arbitrary viscosities flowing through a capillary with an almost flat fluid-fluid interface is investigated in the limit of small capillary and Reynolds numbers. A complete description of the dynamics of the fluids is presented. It is shown that the motion of the fluid away from the moving contact line can be completely determined in terms of one material parameter, and how the capillary can be viewed as a device for measuring it. The dynamic behaviour of various contact angles, measured by others, is calculated. It is shown that they all depend on the radius of the capillary; hence, they do not represent properties of only the materials of the system.
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Capillary actionMechanicsReynolds numberCapillary numberContact angleMaterials scienceRADIUSPhysicsOpticsThermodynamicsComputer scienceTurbulence
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- 1979
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 95
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 539-565
- Citations
- 84
- Access
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Fred Y. Kafka,
E. B. Dussan
(1979).
On the interpretation of dynamic contact angles in capillaries.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
, 95
(3)
, 539-565.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112079001592
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- 10.1017/s0022112079001592