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General contact-angle conditions with and without kinetics
journal contribution
posted on 1993-01-01, 00:00 authored by Sigurd B. Angenent, Morton E. GurtinAbstract: "The classical condition for the contact angle of a phase interface at a container wall is generalized to include both anisotropy and kinetics. The derivation, which does not involve an assumption of local equilibrium, is based on a capillary force balance, a dissipation inequality representing the second law, and suitable constitutive assumptions."