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Vestnik KRAUNC. Fiz.-Mat. Nauki, 2018 Number 3(23), Pages 140–147 (Mi vkam265)

MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS

On the computing of the equilibrium volume of a small sessile drop

A. A. Sokurov

Institute of Applied Mathematics and Automation of Kabardin-Balkar Scientific Center of RAS, 360000, Nalchik, Shortanova st., 89 A, Russia

Abstract: In the current paper we consider a small liquid drop resting on a horizontal smooth surface with the effect of gravity and wich is in thermodynamic equilibrium with its own vapor. Taking into account the size dependence of the surface tension systems of nonlinear firstorder differential equations describing the droplet profile are obtained . The relation between the coordinates of an arbitrary point on the surface of the drop and the volume is found. All obtained equations and formulas go over to the earlier known if the parameter responsible for the size effect equals zero.

Keywords: sessile drop, surface tension, capillary pressure, Laplace equation, contact angle, capillary constant, equilibrium capillary surface, size dependence, Tolman length.

UDC: 532.6, 51-7, 004.942

MSC: Primary 76B45; Secondary 97M50

Received: 08.06.2018

DOI: 10.18454/2079-6641-2018-23-3-140-147



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