Weak solutions to thin-film equations with contact-line friction

DOI10.4171/IFB/382MaRDI QIDQ2364616zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Maria Chiricotto, Lorenzo Giacomelli

Publication date 21 July 2017

Published in Interfaces and Free Boundaries (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4171/ifb/382

zbMATH Keywords

dropletsfourth order degenerate parabolic equationsfree boundary problemslubrication theorymoving contact linethin film equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Initial-boundary value problems for higher-order parabolic equations (35K35) Degenerate parabolic equations (35K65) Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35) Thin fluid films (76A20) Lubrication theory (76D08)

Review text

Summary: We consider the thin-film equation with a prototypical contact-line condition modeling the effect of frictional forces at the contact line where liquid, solid, and air meet. We show that such condition, relating flux with contact angle, naturally emerges from applying a thermodynamic argument due to Weiqing Ren and Weinan E [Commun. Math. Sci. 9 (2011), 597--606] directly into the framework of lubrication approximation. For the resulting free boundary problem, we prove global existence of weak solutions, as well as global existence and uniqueness of approximating solutions which satisfy the contact line condition pointwise. The analysis crucially relies on new contractivity estimates for the location of the free boundary.

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