Static wetting on flexible substrates: A finite element formulation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-319

  Madasu, Srinath ^a   Cairncross, Richard A ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Crease angle; Finite element; Flexible substrate; Line force; Neumann's triangle; Pseudo solid mesh motion; Singularity; Static wetting; Young's equation

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TENSION;

ELASTIC DISLOCATIONS; INCOMPRESSIBILITY;

FLUIDS;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLEXIBILITY; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; WETTING;

EID: 2342518105     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.699     Document Type: Article

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