TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Elasticity of a contact-line and avalanche-size distribution at depinning
JO  - Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
A1  - Le Doussal, Pierre
A1  - Wiese, Kay Jörg
SP  - 011108
EP  - 011108
VL  - 82
IS  - 1 Pt 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1539-3755
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -