@article{ref1,
title="Elasticity of a contact-line and avalanche-size distribution at depinning",
journal="Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics",
year="2010",
author="Le Doussal, Pierre and Wiese, Kay Jörg",
volume="82",
number="1 Pt 1",
pages="011108-011108",
abstract="Motivated by recent experiments, we extend the Joanny-deGennes calculation of the elasticity of a contact line to an arbitrary contact angle and an arbitrary plate inclination in presence of gravity. This requires a diagonalization of the elastic modes around the nonlinear equilibrium profile, which is carried out exactly. We then make detailed predictions for the avalanche-size distribution at quasistatic depinning: we study how the universal (i.e., short-scale independent) rescaled size distribution and the ratio of moments of local to global avalanches depend on the precise form of the elastic kernel.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1539-3755",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}