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arxiv: 1401.3300 · v1 · pith:3H4NYEIBnew · submitted 2014-01-14 · 🧮 math.AP

Bounded traveling waves for a thin film with gravity and insoluble surfactant

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Lubrication equations for a surfactant-driven flow of a thin layer of fluid are considered with a singular surfactant-dependent surface tension. It is shown that there exists a bounded traveling wave solution which connects a fully surfactant-coated film to an uncoated film. The regularity of the traveling wave depends on whether or not surface diffusion of the insoluble surfactant is included.

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