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Title: Thin liquid films in a funnel
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. The convergent nature of the flow leads to thickening of the film, therefore influencing its stability properties. In this work, we analyse these stability properties by combining physical experiments, asymptotic modelling, self-similar type of analysis and numerical simulations. We show that an appropriate long-wave-based model, supported by the input from experiments, simulations and linear stability analysis that originates from the flow down an incline plane, provides a basic insight allowing an understanding of the development of contact line instability and emerging length scales.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1815613
PAR ID:
10287148
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Volume:
924
ISSN:
0022-1120
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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