Physics – Classical Physics
Scientific paper
2008-09-20
Physics
Classical Physics
13 pages. International Journal of Engineering Science / International Journal of Engineering Sciences 46 (2008) to appear
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.ijengsci.2008.05.002
The van der Waals forces across a very thin liquid layer (nanofilm) in contact with a plane solid wall make the liquid nonhomogeneous. The dynamics of such flat liquid nanofilms is studied in isothermal case. The Navier-Stokes equations are unable to describe fluid motions in very thin films. The notion of surface free energy of a sharp interface separating gas and liquid layer is disqualified. The concept of disjoining pressure replaces the model of surface energy. In the nanofilm a supplementary free energy must be considered as a functional of the density. The equation of fluid motions along the nanofilm is obtained through the Hamilton variational principle by adding, to the conservative forces, the forces of viscosity in lubrication approximation. The evolution equation of the film thickness is deduced and takes into account the variation of the disjoining pressure along the layer.
Gavrilyuk Sergey
Gouin Henri
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