Convergence to the Reynolds approximation with a double effect of roughness

Authors Catherine Choquet, Laurent Chupin, Marguerite Gisclon

Publication date 17 February 2010

Navier-Stokes equations (35Q30) Thin fluid films (76A20) Lubrication theory (76D08) Asymptotic analysis in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M35) Homogenization in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M40)

Abstract: We prove that the lubrication approximation is perturbed by a non-regular roughness of the boundary. We show how the flow may be accelerated using adequate rugosity profiles on the bottom. We explicit the possible effects of some abrupt changes in the profile. The limit system is mathematically justified through a variant of the notion of two-scale convergence. Finally, we present some numerical results, illustrating the limit system in the three-dimensional case.

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