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Article Dans Une Revue Royal Society Open Science Année : 2020

Identities for Droplets with Circular Footprint on Tilted Surfaces

Amir H. Fatollahi
  • Fonction : Auteur
Maryam Hajirahimi
  • Fonction : Auteur
Thierry Huillet

Résumé

Exact mathematical identities are presented between the relevant parameters of droplets displaying circular contact boundary based on flat tilted surfaces. Two of the identities are derived from the force balance, and one from the torque balance. The tilt surfaces cover the full range of inclinations for sessile or pendant drops, including the intermediate case of droplets on a wall (vertical surface). The identities are put under test both by the available solutions of a linear response approximation at small Bond numbers as well as the ones obtained from numerical solutions, making use of the Surface Evolver software. The subtleties to obtain certain angle-averages appearing in identities by the numerical solutions are discussed in detail. It is argued how the identities are useful in two respects. First is to replace some unknown values in the Young-Laplace equation by their expressions obtained from the identities. Second is to use the identities to estimate the error for approximate analytical or numerical solutions without any reference to an exact solution.

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hal-03002997 , version 1 (13-11-2020)

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Francois Dunlop, Amir H. Fatollahi, Maryam Hajirahimi, Thierry Huillet. Identities for Droplets with Circular Footprint on Tilted Surfaces. Royal Society Open Science, 2020. ⟨hal-03002997⟩
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