Films over topography: from creeping flow to linear stability, theory, and experiments, a review

N Aksel, M Schörner - Acta Mechanica, 2018 - Springer
The present review deals with the effects of topography and inertia on gravity-driven film
flows. The article is organized like a rope ladder, with the rungs of topography and inertia …

Statistical analysis of pulsating non-Newtonian flow in a corrugated channel using Lattice-Boltzmann method

HH Afrouzi, M Ahmadian, A Moshfegh… - Physica A: Statistical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pulsating non-Newtonian flow in a corrugated channel was studied by using the Lattice
Boltzmann Method (LBM) and utilizing the Boundary Fitting Method (BFM). A wide range of …

Potential fields in fluid mechanics: A review of two classical approaches and related recent advances

M Scholle, F Marner, PH Gaskell - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of potential fields in fluid dynamics is retraced, ranging from classical potential
theory to recent developments in this evergreen research field. The focus is centred on two …

Darcy–Brinkman flow through a corrugated channel

CO Ng, CY Wang - Transport in porous media, 2010 - Springer
A perturbation analysis is carried out to the second order to give effective equations for
Darcy–Brinkman flow through a porous channel with slightly corrugated walls. The flow is …

Crucial flow stabilization and multiple instability branches of gravity-driven films over topography

T Pollak, N Aksel - Physics of Fluids, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we present experimental results on the linear instability of gravity-driven
viscous films flowing down a strongly undulated incline. To systematically investigate the …

Stability phenomena far beyond the Nusselt flow–revealed by experimental asymptotics

M Schörner, D Reck, N Aksel - Physics of Fluids, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The present article contributes detailed experimental results on the linear stability of gravity-
driven viscous films flowing down periodically corrugated inclines. We asymptotically left the …

Bottom reconstruction in thin-film flow over topography: Steady solution and linear stability

C Heining, N Aksel - Physics of Fluids, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
We consider viscous gravity-driven films flowing over undulated substrates. Instead of the
widely studied direct problem of finding the free surface for a given bottom topography, we …

Effects of inertia and surface tension on a power-law fluid flowing down a wavy incline

C Heining, N Aksel - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2010 - Elsevier
We consider a thin film of a power-law liquid flowing down an inclined wall with sinusoidal
topography. Based on the von Kármán–Pohlhausen method an integral boundary-layer …

Suppression of eddies in films over topography

A Wierschem, T Pollak, C Heining, N Aksel - Physics of Fluids, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We study inertial film flow down undulated inclines. With increasing Reynolds number,
eddies are formed in the troughs of the bottom undulation. Further increase leads to a …

Does the topography's specific shape matter in general for the stability of film flows?

M Schörner, D Reck, N Aksel - Physics of Fluids, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
In our experimental study on the linear stability of gravity-driven films flowing over inclined
topographies, we consider a fundamental question: does the topography's specific shape …