TY - CONF T1 - A Phase Field Approach to Wetting and Contact Angle Hysteresis Phenomena T2 - IUTAM Symposium on Variational Concepts with Applications to the Mechanics of Materials Y1 - 2010 A1 - Antonio DeSimone A1 - Livio Fedeli A1 - Turco, Alessandro ED - Hackl, Klaus AB -

We discuss a phase field model for the numerical simulation of contact angle hysteresis phenomena in wetting. The performance of the model is assessed by comparing its predictions with experimental data on the critical size of drops that can stick on a vertical glass plate.

JF - IUTAM Symposium on Variational Concepts with Applications to the Mechanics of Materials PB - Springer Netherlands CY - Dordrecht SN - 978-90-481-9195-6 ER -