Analytical and numerical results on the positivity of steady state solutions of a thin film equation

DOI10.3934/DCDSB.2013.18.1305zbMATH Open1335.74042arXiv1101.3261OpenAlexW2963728391MaRDI QIDQ378979FDOQ378979

Gideon Simpson, Daniel Ginsberg

Publication date: 12 November 2013

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems. Series B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider an equation for a thin-film of fluid on a rotating cylinder and present several new analytical and numerical results on steady state solutions. First, we provide an elementary proof that both weak and classical steady states must be strictly positive so long as the speed of rotation is nonzero. Next, we formulate an iterative spectral algorithm for computing these steady states. Finally, we explore a non-existence inequality for steady state solutions from the recent work of Chugunova, Pugh, & Taranets.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.3261

zbMATH Keywords

iterative spectral algorithmnon-existence inequality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Thin films (74K35) Spectral and related methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S25)

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