The dynamics of a thin liquid film on the underside of a curved cylindrical substrate is studied. The evolution of the liquid layer is investigated as the film thickness and the radius of curvature of the substrate are varied. A dimensionless parameter (a modified Bond number) that incorporates both geometric parameters, gravity, and surface tension is identified, and allows the observations to be classified according to three different flow regimes: stable films, films with transient growth of perturbations followed by decay, and unstable films. Experiments and linear stability theory confirm that below a critical value of the Bond number curvature of the substrate suppresses the Rayleigh-Taylor instability. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
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Univ Chicago, James Franck Inst, Dept Phys, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
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Alqatari, Samar
Videbaek, Thomas E.
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Brandeis Univ, Dept Phys, Waltham, MA 02453 USAUniv Chicago, James Franck Inst, Dept Phys, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
Videbaek, Thomas E.
Nagel, Sidney R.
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Hosoi, Anette
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MIT, Dept Mech Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USAUniv Chicago, James Franck Inst, Dept Phys, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
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Bischofberger, Irmgard
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