Past exam of the topics in fluid mechanics course of the University of Oxford 2009 1 ii Solution 2026-10-31
Put , with physical transverse thickness . Matching the preceding quadratic meniscus gives when the inner amplitude is normalized as . After multiplying the transformed film equation by , its two capillary/gravity coefficients are and . Setting the curvature coefficient to one therefore givesThus the inner equation is exactly the stated . The leading matching conditions are as and a bounded film, with vanishing derivatives, as . They connect the static bath-side meniscus to a uniform entrained film.
For positive wall speed varying on the outer time scale, neglect the order- terms at leading order and setThe parabolic matching coefficient is unchanged because . Both remaining differential terms scale as , reducing the equation to . The supplied universal solution therefore yields the quasisteady drag-out matching lawAbove the turn-around region, and its outer derivatives are order one, while and . Hence the leading outer equation and inflow condition areThe boundary value comes from matching, not from setting the film to zero at the wall contact point.