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A new model of film flow down an inclined plane is derived by a method combining results of the classical long wavelength expansion to a weighted-residuals technique. It can be expressed as a set of three coupled evolution equations for three slowly varying fields, the thickness h, the flow-rate q, and a new variable Ƭ that measures the departure of the wall shear from the shear predicted by a parabolic velocity profile. Results of a preliminary study are in good agreement with theoretical asymptotic properties close to the instability threshold, laboratory experiments beyond threshold and numerical simulations of the full Navier-Stokes equations.
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Received: 16 April 1998 / Revised: 29 June 1998 / Accepted: 2 July 1998
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Ruyer-Quil, C., Manneville, P. Modeling film flows down inclined planes. Eur. Phys. J. B 6, 277–292 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050550
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