Journal of Physics D Applied Physics · 1990 · 40 citations · 10 references
EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSpatial StatisticsSurveyingTribologyAngle MeasurementAngular MeasurementContact AngleContact Angle PhenomenaAngle Measurement Error SourcesAngle Measurement ModelsAngle ObservationAutocorrelation ModelsContact Angle MeasurementsContact Angle Modeling
Despite the recognition of several sources of variation of contact angle, both between and within sessile drops on plane substrates, no comment has ever been made on the statistical treatment of observed angles, especially those around single drops. Circumperipheral observations are suggested as essential, and analysis using cos theta in an autocorrelation model is proposed as a general means of handling such data.
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