 Gravity-driven thin film on an incline (source code)

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= Gravity-driven thin film on an incline

For a film of thickness $h(x,t)$ flowing down a plane inclined by $\alpha$, lubrication theory gives the flux
$$
q=\frac{\rho gh^3}{3\mu}
\left(\sin\alpha-\cos\alpha\,h_x\right)
$$
when surface tension is neglected. Mass conservation gives the thin-film equation $h_t+q_x=0$.

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