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Relaxation of capillary-gravity waves due to contact line nonlinearity: A projection method
Alessandro Bongarzone1, Francesco Viola2, François Gallaire1
1Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Instabilities, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland.
Abstract:
We present a physics-inspired mathematical model based on successive linear eigenmode projections to solve the relaxation of small-amplitude and two-dimensional viscous capillary-gravity waves with a phenomenological nonlinear contact line model. We show that each projection eventually induces a rapid loss of total energy in the liquid motion and contributes to its nonlinear damping.
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