 Uniform gravity-driven Newtonian film

A uniform steady film of thickness $d$ on a plane inclined by $\theta$ above horizontal has downslope coordinate $s$ and outward normal coordinate $x$. Neglecting air shear, the pressure is $p_{\mathrm{atm}}+\rho g\cos \theta (d-x)$ and its downslope gradient vanishes. The Newtonian fluid momentum equation is $\eta v^{\prime \prime }+\rho g\sin \theta =0$. The no-slip boundary condition $v(0)=0$ and shear-free free surface $v^{\prime }(d)=0$ give the displayed parabolic profile. Integrating over thickness gives volume flux per unit width $q$. The wall shear $\rho gd\sin \theta$ balances the film's downslope weight, and the vertical-wall case is $\theta =\pi /2$.