Figure 8. We explain quantitatively the impact of disorder through scaling analysis.

Plotting interfacial area A_inter against our rescaled capillary number Ca* (rather than Ca, insets) provides a partial collapse of curves of different λ. This indicates a direct relationship between Ca* and λ ((b) lower inset), suggesting a stronger impact of disorder on the viscous forces, thus a lower transitional Ca_CF/VF at higher λ. Our scaling also demonstrates quantitatively the diminishing effect of λ as the wetting angle θ increases ((b) lower inset; see text). Lines and shading depict the ensemble mean and standard deviation.