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Take the small-$\lambda$ and large-$\tilde{L}$ limits at fixed $C$ first, then expand in small $C$. Seek $H=H_0+\lambda H_1+\cdots$. The leading equation is $H_{0X}=X$, soAt the next order,For large $\tilde{L}$, extend the integrals determining the localized film resistance to the whole line. The even leading profile has equal end values, so the force condition at order $\lambda$ becomesThe left side follows from $H_1(-\tilde{L})-H_1(\tilde{L})=-\int H_{1X}dX$. Using the supplied integrals gives $I_1=2\pi /b$, $I_2=2\pi /b^3$, $I_3=3\pi /b^5$. HenceThis fixes the integration constant in $H_0$. In terms of $z=b^{-2}$ it reads $2z-3z^2=C(8/3-2z)$. The root near $z=2/3$ givesThe correction has a minus sign. The printed $1+C$ is inconsistent with the supplied differential equation and force condition: substituting $z=(2/3)(1+C)$ gives $2z-3z^2=-(4/3)C+O(C^2)$, whereas $C(8/3-2z)=(4/3)C+O(C^2)$. The discrepancy is not a choice of flux sign, because the positive-gap scaling here requires $s=2Q/U>0$. The leading value $b^{-2}=2/3$ is unaffected by this error.

Use the force integral to calculate the leading pressure drop, retaining its first nonzero order in both $C$ and $\lambda$:At $b^2=3/2$, the bracket is $4\pi /(3b)$. With the definitions of $C$ and $\lambda$ this gives the small-speed compliant-plug lubrication asymptoticsThus the requested leading pressure-drop expression remains valid despite the sign error in its subsidiary correction.

Finally, the absolute downstream pressure selects $s$ and hence $Q/U$. At the downstream matching region the leading shape givesbecause $s{X}^2/2$ cancels the unstressed parabolic term. For example, if the downstream excess pressure is fixed andthen $s\simeq 2d/b^2\simeq 4d/3$, andThis is a linear pressure-speed law on the specified small-$\lambda$ branch. If $p_d-p_0$ depends on speed or cell state, its relation must instead be substituted to obtain the corresponding law. If $d\le 0$, the stated leading positive-gap branch does not exist. Without the absolute-pressure relation, the problem gives a family parameterized by $Q/U$, rather than a unique $\Delta p(U)$. Errors from finite $\tilde{L}$, higher powers of $\lambda$ and higher powers of $C$ have been omitted consistently in this leading approximation. Resolving the displayed $O(C)$ correction to $b^{-2}$ requires the omitted finite-domain and higher-$\lambda$ corrections to be smaller than $C$; otherwise only its leading value is justified.