Heteroclinic orbits, mobility parameters and stability for thin film type equations

Details Heteroclinic orbits, mobility parameters and stability for thin film type equations Heteroclinic orbits, mobility parameters and stability for thin film type equations

2000-03-29

arxiv.org/abs/math/0003209v1

Mathematics

Analysis of PDEs

41 pages, 19 figures

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We study numerically the phase space of the evolution equation h_t = -(h^n h_{xxx})_x - B (h^m h_x)_x . Here h(x,t) is nonnegative, n>0 and m is real, and the Bond number B is positive. We pursue three goals: to investigate the nonlinear stability of the positive periodic and constant steady states; to locate heteroclinic connecting orbits between these steady states and the compactly supported 'droplet' steady states; and to determine how these orbits change when the 'mobility' exponents n and m are changed. For example, we change the mobility coefficients in such a way that the steady states are unchanged and find evidence that heteroclinic orbits between steady states are perturbed but not broken. We also find that when there appear to be touch-down singularities, the exponent n affects whether they occur in finite or infinite time. It also can affect whether there is one touch-down or two touch-downs per period.

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