Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 166, 181-184 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2009-00903-2

Dynamic modelling of the deformed contact line under partial wetting conditions: Quasi-static approach

¹ Institute of Mechanics-Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev St. 4, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
² ESEME, Service des Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, France
³ PMMH, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 5, France

Corresponding author: vadim.nikolayev@espci.fr

Abstract

We study numerically the motion of contact lines in the context of the “Wilhelmy plate" experiment: a vertical solid plate is withdrawn at constant velocity from a bath of liquid. We apply the contact line dissipation quasi-static model to the relaxation of an initially periodically deformed contact line. The obtained numerical data are compared to the experimental results [1] showing a good agreement.