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A complex shape of an external meniscus formed due to the capillary rise of a liquid along a fiber having the ovoidal profile is considered. Within the framework of the asymptotic approach and under the assumption on the complete wetting of the fiber material by the liquid, an analytical solution of the problem is derived. The particular examples of the meniscus configuration are presented in the cases in which the fiber profile has the shape of an ovoid or an ellipse.
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Original Russian Text © M.M. Alimov, K.G. Kornev, 2017, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, 2017, No. 4, pp. 97–112.
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Alimov, M.M., Kornev, K.G. An external meniscus on a thin ovoidal fiber (the case of full wetting). Fluid Dyn 52, 547–560 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0015462817040093
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