Capillary filling with pseudo-potential binary Lattice-Boltzmann model

Details Capillary filling with pseudo-potential binary Lattice-Boltzmann model Capillary filling with pseudo-potential binary Lattice-Boltzmann model

2008-07-03

arxiv.org/abs/0807.0602v1

The European Physical Journal E 27 1 (2008) 99-106

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

13 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication on The European journal of physics E

Scientific paper

10.1140/epje/i2008-10369-4

We present a systematic study of capillary filling for a binary fluid by using a mesoscopic lattice Boltzmann model for immiscible fluids describing a diffusive interface moving at a given contact angle with respect to the walls. The phenomenological way to impose a given contact angle is analysed. Particular attention is given to the case of complete wetting, that is contact angle equal to zero. Numerical results yield quantitative agreement with the theoretical Washburn law, provided that the correct ratio of the dynamic viscosities between the two fluids is used. Finally, the presence of precursor films is experienced and it is shown that these films advance in time with a square-root law but with a different prefactor with respect to the bulk interface.

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