Contact angle calculations from the contact/maximum diameter of sessile drops

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 851-861

  Graham Eagle, James ^a   Pennell, Stephen ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Contact diameter; Sessile drops

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; DROP FORMATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

AXISYMMETRIC SESSILE DROPS; CONTACT DIAMETERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ANGULAR CONTACT; DROPLET;

EID: 0034656147     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(20000415)32:7<851::AID-FLD994>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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