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1Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany. rizwan.sadiq.i@gmail.com
Abstract:
An average modeling methodology under the lubrication approach is used to formulate a set of three coupled nonlinear partial differential equations based on the Nusselt scales. This system, known as the energy-integral method in literature, simplifies the Navier-Stokes equation at the first order and analyzes the dynamics of a thin sheet of fluid flowing over a topography with sinusoidally varying longitudinal furrows. Limiting cases of the linear stability results are mathematically discussed and the complete linear system is numerically handled by means of finite differences to approximate the eigenfunctions and their derivatives in a periodic domain. In a geometry which resembles a vertical shift of a topography, with the amplitude being equal to the shift length, it is found that such a geometry stabilizes the flow compared to its counterpart with no shift, such that the wave characteristics get affected. To confirm the stability results, a numerical investigation is performed.
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