Thin power-law film flow down an inclined plane: consistent shallow-water models and stability under large-scale perturbations

DOI10.1017/JFM.2013.454zbMATH Open1294.76056arXiv1211.4405OpenAlexW3101243616MaRDI QIDQ2878474FDOQ2878474

Authors: Pascal Noble, Jean-Paul Vila 

Publication date: 29 August 2014

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we derive consistent shallow water equations for thin films of power law fluids down an incline. These models account for the streamwise diffusion of momentum which is important to describe accurately the full dynamic of the thin film flows when instabilities like roll-waves arise. These models are validated through a comparison with Orr Sommerfeld equations for large scale perturbations. We only consider laminar flow for which the boundary layer issued from the interaction of the flow with the bottom surface has an influence all over the transverse direction to the flow. In this case the concept itself of thin film and its relation with long wave asymptotic leads naturally to flow conditions around a uniform free surface Poiseuille flow. The apparent viscosity diverges at the free surface which, in turn, introduces a singularity in the formulation of the Orr-Sommerfeld equations and in the derivation of shallow water models. We remove this singularity by introducing a weaker formulation of Cauchy momentum equations. No regularization procedure is needed nor distinction between shear thinning/thickening cases. Our analysis is only valid when the flow behavior index $n$ is larger than 1/2 and strongly suggests that the equations are ill posed if $n<1/2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.4405

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zbMATH Keywords

Navier-Stokes equationsshallow water flowsboundary integrals methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Thin fluid films (76A20) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05)

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