Abstract
The title problem, which is an important early element of the mechanism of the development of a surface oil flow visualization picture, is studied by a linear stability analysis that predicts the most strongly amplified wavenumber of transverse surface waves as a function of Reynolds number, surface tension, film viscosity and initial thickness of the film. Wall scaling virtually removes the additional dependence on Reynolds number. In a simple experiment the observed wavenumber agrees with the predicted most strongly amplified value to within the experimental accuracy.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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