Surface energy and work of adhesion

Kiran Purushothama Keshavan

Hey,

As the title reads I would like to know what the term surface energy and work of adhesion means, for JKR 2 it is said that these quantities give us an estimate of how cohesive a particle is. What I need is the fundamentals of the concept of surface energy.
It would be great if you could point to resources like the one attached below:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rspa.1971.0141

Regards,
Kiran

Renan

Hi Kiran,

You can find more references by checking the EDEM documentation, which can be found here: https://help.altair.com/edem/Bibliography.htm

Best regards,
Renan