Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 219, 51-57 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2013-01780-8

Regular Article

Numerical simulation of complex fluid drying in a Hele-Shaw cell

UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, UMR 7608, Lab. FAST, Bât. 502, Campus Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, France

^a e-mail: frederic.doumenc@upmc.fr

Received: 1 July 2012
Revised: 18 January 2013
Published online: 19 March 2013

Abstract

A 2D model is currently under development to describe the flow and concentration fields inside a Hele-Shaw cell with evaporation for a receding meniscus (dip-coating-like configuration). An original approach is proposed to address the difficult problem of the boundary conditions close to the contact line. The model is used to study the deposit thickness as a function of some process parameters.