We are interested in traveling-wave solutions to the thin-film equation with zero microscopic contact angle (in the sense of complete wetting without precursor) and inhomogeneous mobility with slippage exponent n ∈ (3/2,7/3). Existence and uniqueness of these solutions have been established by Maria Chiricotto and the first of the authors in previous work under the assumption of subquadratic growth as h → ∞. In the present work we investigate the asymptotics of solutions as h → 0 (the contact-line region) and h → ∞. As h → 0 we observe, to leading order, the same asymptotics as for traveling waves or source-type self-similar solutions to the thin-film equation  with homogeneous mobility and we additionally characterize corrections to this law. Moreover, as h → ∞ we identify, to leading order, the logarithmic Tanner profile, i.e. the solution to the corresponding homogeneous problem that determines the apparent macroscopic contact angle. Besides higher-order terms, corrections turn out to affect the asymptotic law as h → ∞ only by setting the length scale in the logarithmic Tanner profile. Moreover, we prove that both the correction and the length scale depend smoothly on n. Hence, in line with the common philosophy, the precise modeling of liquid–solid interactions (within our model, the mobility exponent) does not affect the qualitative macroscopic properties of the film.

Rigorous asymptotics of traveling-wave solutions to the thin-film equation and Tanner's law / Giacomelli, Lorenzo; Gnann, Manuel V.; Otto, Felix. - In: NONLINEARITY. - ISSN 0951-7715. - STAMPA. - 29:9(2016), pp. 2497-2536. [10.1088/0951-7715/29/9/2497]

Rigorous asymptotics of traveling-wave solutions to the thin-film equation and Tanner's law

GIACOMELLI, Lorenzo;
2016

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We are interested in traveling-wave solutions to the thin-film equation with zero microscopic contact angle (in the sense of complete wetting without precursor) and inhomogeneous mobility with slippage exponent n ∈ (3/2,7/3). Existence and uniqueness of these solutions have been established by Maria Chiricotto and the first of the authors in previous work under the assumption of subquadratic growth as h → ∞. In the present work we investigate the asymptotics of solutions as h → 0 (the contact-line region) and h → ∞. As h → 0 we observe, to leading order, the same asymptotics as for traveling waves or source-type self-similar solutions to the thin-film equation  with homogeneous mobility and we additionally characterize corrections to this law. Moreover, as h → ∞ we identify, to leading order, the logarithmic Tanner profile, i.e. the solution to the corresponding homogeneous problem that determines the apparent macroscopic contact angle. Besides higher-order terms, corrections turn out to affect the asymptotic law as h → ∞ only by setting the length scale in the logarithmic Tanner profile. Moreover, we prove that both the correction and the length scale depend smoothly on n. Hence, in line with the common philosophy, the precise modeling of liquid–solid interactions (within our model, the mobility exponent) does not affect the qualitative macroscopic properties of the film.
2016
degenerate parabolic equations, thin fluid films, singularnonlinear boundary value problems, boundary value problems on infiniteintervals, invariant manifolds, perturbations, asymptotics
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Rigorous asymptotics of traveling-wave solutions to the thin-film equation and Tanner's law / Giacomelli, Lorenzo; Gnann, Manuel V.; Otto, Felix. - In: NONLINEARITY. - ISSN 0951-7715. - STAMPA. - 29:9(2016), pp. 2497-2536. [10.1088/0951-7715/29/9/2497]
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