INVESTIGADORES
GOMBA Juan Manuel
artículos
Título:
Rupture of a fluid strip under partial wetting conditions
Autor/es:
A. G. GONZÁLEZ, J. DIEZ, R. GRATTON, J. GOMBA
Revista:
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS
Editorial:
Institute of Physics
Referencias:
Año: 2007 vol. 77 p. 4400101 - 4400105
ISSN:
0295-5075
Resumen:
We study the evolution of a long strip of viscous fluid on a horizontal glass substrate under partial-wetting conditions. This initial condition develops into an array of quasi-equidistant drops. The special feature of this dewetting scenario is that the pearling process, consisting of successive stages of bulge growth and pinching-off, does not occur simultaneously along the strip but propagates from the ends toward the strip center. We find that the footprint of each drop corresponds to two crossed elliptical shapes and report measurements of the breakup process and the dewetting dynamics.
