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Characteristic lengths at moving contact lines for a perfectly wetting fluid: the influence of speed on the dynamic contact angle

Jens Eggers, Howard A. Stone

physics.flu-dynarXiv:physics/0210101

Abstract

It is common to relate the dynamic contact angle θd to the relative speed between the substrate and the contact line; theory suggests θd3 U. In fact, available physical models show that the dynamic angle involves speed logarithmically and in a model dependent manner. Experimental data consistent with this interpretation is cited.

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