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Publication
Journal of Tribology
Paper
Depletion and retention of fluid on a rotating disk
Abstract
Assuming that a dry circular center is present at which the contact angle between the liquid and solid phases remains constant at all times, the axisymmetric free surface of liquid on aflat disk is determined from the Laplace formula in which the radial gradient of the fluid pressure balances the centrifugal force. The depletion of a thin layer of fluid from a rotating finite disk is described quasi-statically. A remnant of residual fluid is determined to remain on the disk. For moderate rotating speed, this remnant fluid volume is retained on the disk without loss. © 1983 by ASME.