Steady film flow over 2D topography with air inclusion

• Main Author: Βαρχάνης, Στυλιανός
• Other Authors: Τσαμόπουλος, Ιωάννης
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Thin film flow; Coating instabilities; Ροή μέσω μεμβράνης; 532.56

Liquid film flow along an inclined, solid substrate featuring periodic rectangular trenches may either completely wet the trench floor (Wenzel state) or pin on the entrance and exit corners of the trench (Cassie state) or assume any other configuration in between these two extremes. In the intermedi...