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Issue Europhys. Lett.
Volume 39, Number 5, September 1997
Page(s) 533 - 538
Section Condensed matter: structure, thermal and mechanical properties
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1997-00389-2

Inertial capillarity DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1997-00389-2

Europhys. Lett, 39 (5), pp. 533-538 (1997)

Inertial capillarity

D. Quéré

Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, URA 792 du CNRS, Collège de France, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France

(received 28 April 1997; accepted 14 July 1997)

PACS. 68.10 - Fluid surfaces and fluid-fluid interfaces.
PACS. 68.15+e - Liquid thin films.

Abstract:

We present new results on an old problem (capillary rise). A small tube is put in contact with a liquid of low viscosity. It is found that 1) the early stage of the rise is described by a linear law for the position of the meniscus vs. time; 2) oscillations around the equilibrium occur if the liquid viscosity is low enough. A simple analytical model allows us to understand these behaviours.


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