Variational approach to droplet motion on uneven solid surfaces, including contact line dynamics and evaporation
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| author | Tóth, Gyula I Sibley, David N Bokányi-Tóth, Agnes J Tseluiko, Dmitri Archer, Andrew J |
| author_facet | Tóth, Gyula I Sibley, David N Bokányi-Tóth, Agnes J Tseluiko, Dmitri Archer, Andrew J |
| contents | We show how dynamical equations for liquid films and drops on uneven surfaces, including contact line dynamics and evaporation/condensation effects, may be formulated as a variational dynamics, generated via Onsager's variational principle. The theory applies in the isothermal overdamped-dynamics limit. We apply this general approach to obtain several well-known results on contact line dynamics and to study drops pinning and sliding on inclined corrugated surfaces. This approach constructs the dynamical equations starting from the free energy of the system and therefore has the advantage that it naturally incorporates the correct equilibrium properties. |
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| spellingShingle | Variational approach to droplet motion on uneven solid surfaces, including contact line dynamics and evaporation Tóth, Gyula I Sibley, David N Bokányi-Tóth, Agnes J Tseluiko, Dmitri Archer, Andrew J Soft Condensed Matter Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Statistical Mechanics Dynamical Systems Fluid Dynamics We show how dynamical equations for liquid films and drops on uneven surfaces, including contact line dynamics and evaporation/condensation effects, may be formulated as a variational dynamics, generated via Onsager's variational principle. The theory applies in the isothermal overdamped-dynamics limit. We apply this general approach to obtain several well-known results on contact line dynamics and to study drops pinning and sliding on inclined corrugated surfaces. This approach constructs the dynamical equations starting from the free energy of the system and therefore has the advantage that it naturally incorporates the correct equilibrium properties. |
| title | Variational approach to droplet motion on uneven solid surfaces, including contact line dynamics and evaporation |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Statistical Mechanics Dynamical Systems Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12393 |