Self-similar rupture of thin films with strong slip
Presenter
March 26, 2009
Keywords:
- Thin films
MSC:
- 74K35
Abstract
(Joint work with D. Peschka and A. Muench).
We consider a simple model for line rupture of thin fluid films in
which Trouton viscosity and van-der-Waals forces balance. For this
model there exists a one-parameter family of second kind self-similar
solutions. We establish necessary and sufficient conditions
for convergence to any self-similar solution in a certain parameter regime.
We also present a conjecture on the domains of attraction of all self-similar
solutions which is supported by numerical simulations.