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Non-isothermal flow of a liquid film on a horizontal cylinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

B. Reisfeld  and
S. G. Bankoff
B. Reisfeld
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA Present address: Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
S. G. Bankoff
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Abstract

We consider the flow of a viscous liquid film on the surface of a cylinder that is heated or cooled. Lubrication theory is used to study a thin film under the influence of gravity, capillary, thermocapillary, and intermolecular forces. We derive evolution equations for the interface shapes as a function of the azimuthal angle about the cylinder that govern the behaviour of the film subject to the above coupled forces. We use both analytical and numerical techniques to elucidate the dynamics and steady states of the thin layer over a wide range of thermal conditions and material properties. Finally, we extend our derivation to the case of three-dimensional dynamics and explore the stability of the film to small axial disturbances.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 236 , March 1992 , pp. 167 - 196
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© 1992 Cambridge University Press

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