On the gravitational displacement of three-dimensional fluid droplets from inclined solid surfaces

DOI10.1017/S0022112099005844zbMath0978.76017OpenAlexW2022474678MaRDI QIDQ4951871

J. J. L. Higdon, P. Dimitrakopoulos

Publication date: 9 May 2000

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112099005844

zbMATH Keywords

Newton's methodoptimization algorithminterfacial forcesnonlinear optimization problemyield conditionsspectral boundary element methodsessile dropletsconstant surface tensiongravitational displacementinclined solid surfacesoptimal shape of contact linependant dropletsthree-dimensional fluid droplets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B45) Boundary element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M15) Flow control and optimization for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B75)

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