Thin films flowing down inverted substrates: Two dimensional flow

DOI10.1063/1.3428753MaRDI QIDQ3578552zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. Kondic, Te-Sheng Lin

Publication date 20 July 2010

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

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

zbMATH Keywords

contact angleexternal flowsfilm flowflow instabilityliquid filmslubricationsolitons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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.

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