Moving contact line of a volatile fluid
Résumé
Interfacial flows close to a moving contact line are inherently multiscale. The shape of the interface and the
flow at meso- and macroscopic scales inherit an apparent interface slope and a regularization length, both named
after Voinov, from the microscopic inner region. Here, we solve the inner problem associated with the contact line
motion for a volatile fluid at equilibrium with its vapor. The evaporation or condensation flux is then controlled by
the dependence of the saturation temperature on interface curvature—the so-called Kelvin effect. We derive the
dependencies of the Voinov angle and of the Voinov length as functions of the parameters of the problem. We then
identify the conditions under which the Kelvin effect is indeed the mechanism regularizing the contact line motion.
Domaines
Physique [physics]Origine | Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s) |
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