  Surface waves called meniscus waves often appear in the systems that are
close to the capillary length scale. Since the meniscus shape determines the
form of the meniscus waves, the resulting streaming circulation has a structure
distinct from that caused by other capillary-gravity waves recently reported in
the literature. In the present study, we produce symmetric and antisymmetric
meniscus shapes by controlling boundary wettability and excite meniscus waves
by oscillating the meniscus vertically. The symmetric and antisymmetric
configurations produce different surface capillary-gravity wave modes and
streaming flow structures. The energy density of the streaming circulation
increases at the rate of the fourth power of the forcing amplitude in both
configurations. The flow symmetry of streaming circulation is retained under
the symmetric meniscus, while it is lost under the antisymmetric meniscus. In
our experiments, the streaming circulation primarily originates from the Stokes
boundary layer beneath the meniscus and can be successfully explained using the
existing streaming theory.
