Thin films flowing down inverted substrates: Two dimensional flow

DOI10.1063/1.3428753zbMATH Open1190.76073arXiv0912.3306OpenAlexW2012006681MaRDI QIDQ3578552FDOQ3578552

Te-Sheng Lin, L. Kondic

Publication date: 20 July 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider free surface instabilities of films flowing on inverted substrates within the framework of lubrication approximation. We allow for the presence of fronts and related contact lines, and explore the role which they play in instability development. It is found that a contact line, modeled by a commonly used precursor film model, leads to free surface instabilities without any additional natural or excited perturbations. A single parameter D=(3Ca)^{1/3}cotalpha$,where$Ca$isthecapillarynumberand$alpha$istheinclinationangle,isidentifiedasagoverningparameterintheproblem.Thisparametermaybeinterpretedtoreflectthecombinedeffectofinclinationangle,filmthickness,Reynoldsnumberandthefluidflux.Variationof$D$ leads to change of the wave-like properties of the instabilities, allowing us to observe traveling wave behavior, mixed waves, and the waves resembling solitary ones.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3306

zbMATH Keywords

contact anglesolitonsflow instabilitylubricationfilm flowexternal flowsliquid films

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lubrication theory (76D08) Thin fluid films (76A20)

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