On a model for a sliding droplet: well-posedness and stability of translating circular solutions

DOI10.1137/17M1130411zbMATH Open1391.35327arXiv1705.05492WikidataQ130090035 ScholiaQ130090035MaRDI QIDQ4609458FDOQ4609458

Authors: Patrick Guidotti, Christoph Walker 

Publication date: 3 April 2018

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper the model for a highly viscous droplet sliding down an inclined plane is analyzed. It is shown that, provided the slope is not too steep, the corresponding moving boundary problem possesses classical solutions. Well-posedness is lost when the relevant linearization ceases to be parabolic. This occurs above a critical incline which depends on the shape of the initial wetted region as well as on the liquid's mass. It is also shown that translating circular solutions are asymptotically stable if the kinematic boundary condition is given by an affine functionand provided the incline is small.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.05492

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zbMATH Keywords

moving boundary problemsliding droplettranslating solutionscontact angle motion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Traveling wave solutions (35C07) Moving boundary problems for PDEs (35R37)

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