摘要
Whencharacterizingflowsinminiaturizedchannels,thedeterminationofthedynamiccontactangleisimportant.Bymeasuringthedynamiccontactangle,theflowpropertiesoftheflowingliquidandtheeffectofmaterialpropertiesontheflowcanbecharacterized.Amachinevisionbasedsystemtomeasurethecontactangleoffrontorrearmenisciofamovingliquidplugisdescribedinthisarticle.Inthisresearch,transparentflowchannelsfabricatedonthermoplasticpolymerandsealedwithanadhesivetapeareused.Thetransparencyofthechannelsenablesimagebasedmonitoringandmeasurementofflowvariables,includingthedynamiccontactangle.Itisshownthatthedynamicanglecanbemeasuredfromaliquidflowinachannelusingtheimagebasedmeasurementsystem.AnimageprocessingalgorithmhasbeendevelopedinaMATLAB?environment.Im-agesaretakenusingaCCDcameraandthechannelsareilluminatedusingacustommaderinglight.Twofittingmethods,acircleandtwoparabolas,areexperimentedandtheresultsarecomparedinthemeasurementofthedynamiccontactangles.
出版日期
2008年04月14日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
