ABSTRACT
Next, let us consider the case of the reservoir cavity illustrated in Fig. 15B. There is no obvious property relating to contact angle that can be used to predict the filling of such cavities. The expectation is that the filling would be governed more by hydrodynamics than thermodynamics, in the absence of cycling of temperature or pressure, or both. We will examine the effect of such cycling on the reservoir cavity below. The thermodynamic approach also hides the importance of kinetics in the filling, emptying, and bubble release processes. It is this aspect that has been examined by Atchley and Prosperetti.
