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An example where lubrication theory comes short: hydraulic jumps in a flow down an inclined plate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 December 2014

E. S. Benilov  and
V. N. Lapin
E. S. Benilov*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Limerick, Ireland
V. N. Lapin
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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†Email address for correspondence: eugene.benilov@ul.ie
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Abstract

We examine two-dimensional flows of a viscous liquid on an inclined plate. If the upstream depth $h_{-}$ of the liquid is larger than its downstream depth $h_{+}$, a smooth hydraulic jump (bore) forms and starts propagating down the slope. If the inclination angle of the plate is small, the bore can be described by the so-called lubrication theory. In this work we demonstrate that bores with $h_{+}/h_{-}<(\sqrt{3}-1)/2$ either are unstable or do not exist as steady solutions of the governing equation (physically, these two possibilities are difficult to distinguish). The instability/evolution occurs near a stagnation point and, generally, causes overturning – sometimes on the scale of the whole bore, sometimes on a shorter, local scale. The overturning occurs because the flow advects disturbances towards the stagnation point and, thus, ‘compresses’ them, increasing the slope of the free surface. Interestingly, this effect is not captured by the lubrication theory, which formally yields a well-behaved stable solution for all values of $h_{+}/h_{-}$.

JFM classification

Interfacial Flows (free surface): Interfacial Flows (free surface) Low-Reynolds-number flows: Lubrication theory Waves/Free-surface Flows: Wave breaking
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 764 , 10 February 2015 , pp. 277 - 295
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