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Universality of capillary rising in corners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2020

Jiajia Zhou Open the ORCID record for Jiajia Zhou [Opens in a new window]  and
Masao Doi
Jiajia Zhou*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing100191, China Center of Soft Matter Physics and its Applications, Beihang University, Beijing100191, China
Masao Doi*
Affiliation:
Center of Soft Matter Physics and its Applications, Beihang University, Beijing100191, China
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†Email addresses for correspondence: [email protected], [email protected]
†Email addresses for correspondence: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

We study the dynamics of viscous capillary rising in small corners between two curved walls described by a function $y=cx^n$ with $n \ge 1$. Using the Onsager principle, we derive a partial differential equation that describes the time evolution of the meniscus profile. By solving the equation both numerically and analytically, we show that the capillary rising dynamics is quite universal. Our theory explains the surprising finding by Ponomarenko et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 666, 2011, pp. 146–154) that the time dependence of the height not only obeys the universal power-law of $t^{1/3}$, but also that the prefactor is almost independent of $n$.

JFM classification

Interfacial Flows (free surface): Capillary flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 900 , 10 October 2020 , A29
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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