Universality of capillary rising in corners

Abstract

We study the dynamics of capillary rising in corners. Using Onsager principle, we derive a partial differential equation that describes the time evolution of meniscus profile. We obtain both numerical solutions and self-similar solutions to this partial differential equation. Our results show that the advance of the meniscus front follows a time-scaling of $t^{1/3}$, in agreement with the experimental results and theoretical conjecture of Ponomarenko et al.

correction to Eqs. (3.23), (4.15), and Fig. 3(c)

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• Dynamics of Taylor Rising

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