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Contact line depinning from sharp edges (1907.03499v1)

Published 8 Jul 2019 in physics.flu-dyn and cond-mat.soft

Abstract: With aim of finding mathematical criteria for contact line depinning from sharp corners, we have studied the equilibrium and stability of a semi-infinite planar liquid layer pinned at the vertex of a wedge. Equilibrium is compatible with a fan of apparent contact angles $\theta_0$ bracketed by the equilibrium contact angles of both flanks of the wedge, so the contact line could remain pinned if $\theta_0$ is within this fan. However, the analysis of the stability of these solutions, studied exploiting the variational structure of the problem through turning-point arguments, shows that the equilibrium becomes unstable at critical depinning advancing $\theta_0a$ and receding $\theta_0r$ contact angles, which are found as subcritical saddle-node bifurcations. Equilibrium is thus possible (stable) within the interval $\theta_0a < \theta_0 <\theta_0a$ but the contact line depins from the vertex beyond these critical angles if they occur within the equilibrium fan.

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