A Shape Inverse Approach Modelling Electro-Wetting
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1. Abstract We model an electrified droplet spreading a solid surface. The model consists to seek a drop shape minimizing its total energy (capillary, electrostatic and gravitational). We derive the equations and the shape gradient; we detail the shape optimization algorithm and present some numerical results. Our numerical results fit the predictions of Lippman’s equation (plane capacitor approximation). A special attention is paid to the curvature computation.
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