When is it energetically favorable for a rivulet of perfectly wetting fluid to split?

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Wilson, S.K. and Duffy, B.R. (2005) When is it energetically favorable for a rivulet of perfectly wetting fluid to split? Physics of Fluids, 17 (7). 078104. ISSN 1089-7666 (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1979521)

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Abstract

We determine when it is energetically favorable for a thin rivulet of perfectly wetting fluid (i.e., a thin rivulet with zero contact angle) on the underside of a planar substrate to split into two or more subrivulets.

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Wilson, S.K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7841-9643 and Duffy, B.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2687-7938;
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