A universal law for capillary rise in corners

作者:Ponomarenko Alexandre; Quere David; Clanet Christophe*
来源:Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2011, 666: 146-154.
DOI:10.1017/S0022112010005276

摘要

We study the capillary rise of wetting liquids in the corners of different geometries and show that the meniscus rises without limit following the universal law: h(t)/a approximate to (gamma t/eta a)(1/3), where gamma and eta stand for the surface tension and viscosity of the liquid while a = root gamma/rho g is the capillary length, based on the liquid density rho and gravity g. This law is universal in the sense that it does not depend on the geometry of the corner.

  • 出版日期2011-1-10