Normal capillary forces

HJ Butt, M Kappl - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2009 - Elsevier
A liquid meniscus between two lyophilic solid surfaces causes an attractive force, the
capillary force. The meniscus can form by capillary condensation or by accumulation of …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of surface roughness on liquid bridge capillarity and droplet wetting

HNG Nguyen, CF Zhao, O Millet, APS Selvadurai - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines the influence of surface roughness on the capillarity of liquid bridges
between two solid surfaces and the wettability of droplets on solid surfaces. For this purpose …

Capillary force and rupture of funicular liquid bridges between three spherical bodies

JP Wang, E Gallo, B François, F Gabrieli, P Lambert - Powder Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Capillarity in wet granular materials induces cohesion and increases the material strength
due to the attractive forces acting on capillary bridges. In the funicular state, water bridges …

Study on coarse-grained coal water removal characteristics via steam flash drying for low-rank coal upgrading

Z Sun, S Yao, G Ren, J Guo, F Yang, M Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Low-rank coal drying plays a crucial role in achieving clean and efficient coal utilization. This
study introduces steam flash drying, a novel method specifically designed for upgrading low …

Capillary forces on wet particles with a liquid bridge transition from convex to concave

F **ao, J **g, S Kuang, L Yang, A Yu - Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The transition of a liquid bridge profile from convex to concave and the associated capillary
forces are experimentally studied via particle-particle and particle-plane pairs. The results …

Competing forces on a liquid bridge between parallel and orthogonal dissimilar fibers

H Aziz, HV Tafreshi - Soft Matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper presents a detailed investigation on the mechanical forces acting on a liquid
bridge between dissimilar fibers in parallel and orthogonal configurations. These forces …

Modeling of capillary force between particles with unequal contact angle

D Wu, P Zhou, G Wang, B Zhao, T Howes, W Chen - Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
When two particles with a thin liquid film are colliding toward each other, liquid films merge
to form a pendular liquid bridge, which may induce a strong capillary force. The capillary …

Effect of surface roughness on the liquid bridge between two rigid spheres

Y Yin, F Liu, M Miao, Z Yuan, Y Tang - Powder Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
We aimed to investigate the impact of surface roughness on liquid bridges between
spherical particles. Sandblasting was used to control the particle size and produce glass …

An original method for measuring liquid surface tension from capillary bridges between two equal-sized spherical particles

HNG Nguyen, CF Zhao, O Millet, G Gagneux - Powder technology, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents an original approach for measuring the surface tension of a liquid from
capillary bridges between monodisperse spherical particles. This method is based on an …

On liquid bridge adhesion to fibrous surfaces under normal and shear forces

A Moghadam, HV Tafreshi - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper reports on adhesion forces between a liquid bridge and two parallel plates
coated with electrospun fibers experimentally and computationally. For the experiments, a DI …