modelCapillary

Young-Laplace model for capillary pressure

Extends from FCSys.Icons.Names.Top2.

Information

The characteristic radius (R) is the harmonic mean of the (2) principle radii of the liquid volume.

The default surface tension (γ = 0.0663 N/m) is for saturated water at 60 °C, interpolated from [Incropera2002, pp. 924]. Note that the surface tension in [Wang2001] is incorrect (likely unit conversion error).

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Geometry
Q.LengthRU.umEffective radius
Material properties
Q.SurfaceTensiongamma0.0663*U.N/U.mSurface tension
Q.Angletheta140*U.degreeContact angle

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Connectors.AmagatwettingInterface to the wetting phase
Connectors.AmagatnonwettingInterface to the nonwetting phase

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Q.PressureDeltapwetting.p - nonwetting.pPressure difference due to surface tension