Capillary flow is the spontaneous wicking of liquids in narrow spaces without the assistance
of external forces. Examples of capillary flow can be found in numerous applications ranging …

Microfluidics has become an important tool to engineer microenvironments with high
precision, comprising devices and methods for controlling and manipulating fluids at the …

Imbibition dynamics in a rectangular U-groove that is connected to a sudden enlargement
and complicated by the presence of Concus–Finn (CF) filaments is investigated using many …

Numerous applications rely upon capillary flow in microchannels for successful operation
including lab-on-a-chip devices, porous media flows, and printed electronics manufacturing …

Abstract The Lucas− Washburn (LW) equation has been extensively used to predict the
imbibition length of capillary-driven flow. Using the hydraulic diameter for non-circular cross …

Spontaneous capillary flow of liquids in narrow spaces plays a key role in a plethora of
applications including lab-on-a-chip devices, heat pipes, propellant management devices in …

Wetting of corner-containing geometries is ubiquitous, since the man-made surfaces and
natural surfaces are usually not atomically smooth and contain pores, grooves, and cracks …

Capillary flow of liquids plays a key role in many applications including lab-on-a-chip
devices, heat pipes and printed electronics manufacturing. Open rectangular microchannels …

In this study, the spontaneous rise of a Newtonian liquid in a square capillary with
completely or partially wetted walls is investigated using numerical simulations. The flow is …

Capillary driven displacement of viscous liquids into a porous matrix plays a significant role
in several porous media applications such as fractured oil reservoirs and paper micro-fluidic …