Thin liquid films in a funnel

DOI10.1017/JFM.2021.626zbMATH Open1481.76099arXiv2006.14046OpenAlexW3190952376MaRDI QIDQ3382852FDOQ3382852

Authors: Joshua A. Dijksman, L. Kondic, Te-Sheng Lin 

Publication date: 22 September 2021

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

Abstract: We explore flow of a completely wetting fluid in a funnel, with particular focus on contact line instabilities at the fluid front. While the flow in a funnel may be related to a number of other flow configurations as limiting cases, understanding its stability is complicated due to the presence of additional azimuthal curvature, as well as due to convergent flow effects imposed by the geometry. Convergent nature of the flow leads to thickening of the film, therefore influencing its stability properties. In this work, we analyze these stability properties by combining physical experiments, asymptotic modeling, self-similar type of analysis and numerical simulations. We show that appropriate long-wave based model supported by the input from experiments, simulations and linear stability analysis origination from the flow down an incline plane provides a basic insight allowing to understand the development of contact line instability and emerging lengthscales.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.14046

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zbMATH Keywords

self-similaritythin filmasymptotic solutionexperimental verificationfingering instabilityazimuthal curvaturecontact line instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Thin fluid films (76A20) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Dimensional analysis and similarity applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M55)

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