• Media type: Text; Report; E-Book
  • Title: Numerics of thin-film free boundary problems for partial wetting
  • Contributor: Peschka, Dirk [Author]
  • imprint: Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics publication server, 2014
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.20347/WIAS.PREPRINT.2016
  • Keywords: 35R35 ; 76A20 ; thin films -- free boundary problem -- numerics ; article ; 76M10
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  • Description: We present a novel framework to solve thin-film equations with an explicit non-zero contact angle, where the support of the solution is treated as an unknown. The algorithm uses a finite element method based on a gradient formulation of the thin-film equations coupled to an arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for the motion of the support. Features of this algorithm are its simplicity and robustness. We apply this algorithm in 1D and 2D to problems with surface tension, contact angles and with gravity.
  • Access State: Open Access