Modeling Materials and Fluids using Variational Methods - Abstract
Peschka, Dirk
This talk addresses modeling and simulation of thin-film flows for viscous bilayers. A formal gradient structure for the corresponding free boundary problem will be presented and used to develop a numerical algorithm to solve the transient problem. Thereby the proper treatment of the underlying contact line problem is the main mathematical challenge. Numerical solutions will be used to compare with experiments, limitations and perspectives will be discussed.