A well-posed model for dynamic contact angles
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: A well-posed model for dynamic contact angles
zbMATH Open document ID: 0974.35095
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(99)00183-2
author: Ben Schweizer
published in: Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods
publication date: 2001-12-12T00:00:00Z
review text: The author analyzes mathematically the instationary physical system consisting of a fluid having a fixed boundary (fluid-solid interface) and a free boundary (fluid-air interface). Both boundaries intersect under the so-called contact angle. First, the author shows that in the three-dimensional case the energy dissipation along the contact line completely determines the equation for the contact angle. In particular, the vanishing energy dissipation implies the constant contact angle. Then the dynamical equations are investigated for constant contact angle in two dimensions, in the particular case of rectangular cavity. Generally, the velocity \(v\) does not belong to \(C^1\), but, using symmetric extension of variables, the author shows that \(v\in H^s\), \(1< s< 2\) (for stationary equations). This regularity and a construction due to \textit{M. Renardy} [Commun. Partial Differ. Equations 17, No. 7-8, 1387-1405 (1992; Zbl 0767.35061)] allow to establish the well-posedness of the nonlinear non-steady free boundary problem.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35Q35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76B45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76B03
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35R35
zbMATH DE Number: 1539295
zbMATH Keywords: contact angle
zbMATH Keywords: energy dissipation
zbMATH Keywords: constant contact angle
zbMATH Keywords: rectangular cavity
zbMATH Keywords: regularity
zbMATH Keywords: well-posedness
zbMATH Keywords: nonlinear non-steady free boundary problem
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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