Sibley, David N., Nold, Andreas, Savva, Nikos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-3154 and Kalliadasis, Serafim
2013.
The contact line behaviour of solid-liquid-gas diffuse-interface models.
Physics of Fluids
25
(9)
, 092111.
10.1063/1.4821288
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Abstract
A solid-liquid-gas moving contact line is considered through a diffuse-interface model with the classical boundary condition of no-slip at the solid surface. Examination of the asymptotic behaviour as the contact line is approached shows that the relaxation of the classical model of a sharp liquid-gas interface, whilst retaining the no-slip condition, resolves the stress, and pressure singularities associated with the moving contact line problem while the fluid velocity is well defined (not multi-valued). The moving contact line behaviour is analysed for a general problem relevant for any density dependent dynamic viscosity and volume viscosity, and for general microscopic contact angle and double well free-energy forms. Away from the contact line, analysis of the diffuse-interface model shows that the Navier–Stokes equations and classical interfacial boundary conditions are obtained at leading order in the sharp-interface limit, justifying the creeping flow problem imposed in an intermediate region in the seminal work of Seppecher [Int. J. Eng. Sci. 34, 977–992 (1996)]. Corrections to Seppecher's work are given, as an incorrect solution form was originally used.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Mathematics |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
| ISSN: | 1070-6631 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2022 08:07 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/51520 |
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