Abstract
A sessile liquid drop can deform the substrate on which it rests if the solid is sufficiently “soft.” In this paper we compute the detailed spatial structure of the capillary forces exerted by the drop on the solid substrate using a model based on Density Functional Theory. We show that, in addition to the normal forces, the drop exerts a previously unaccounted tangential force. The resultant effect on the solid is a pulling force near the contact line directed towards the interior of the drop, i.e., not along the interface. The resulting elastic deformations of the solid are worked out and illustrate the importance of the tangential forces.
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Dates
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Created | 14 years ago (July 27, 2011, 6:54 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years ago (Aug. 5, 2023, 4:42 p.m.) |
Indexed | 3 weeks, 3 days ago (July 30, 2025, 6:56 a.m.) |
Issued | 14 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 2011) |
Published | 14 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 2011) |
Published Online | 14 years ago (July 27, 2011) |
Published Print | 14 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 2011) |
@article{Das_2011, title={Elastic deformation due to tangential capillary forces}, volume={23}, ISSN={1089-7666}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3615640}, DOI={10.1063/1.3615640}, number={7}, journal={Physics of Fluids}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Das, Siddhartha and Marchand, Antonin and Andreotti, Bruno and Snoeijer, Jacco H.}, year={2011}, month=jul }