A multilayer model for multiscale flows of thin (and not-so-thin) films
- 👤 Speaker: Stephane Popinet, Sorbonne University
- 📅 Date & Time: Thursday 16 October 2025, 11:30 - 12:30
- 📍 Venue: Open Plan Area, Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows, Madingley Rise CB3 0EZ
Abstract
We recently proposed a model able to describe both “thin films” and “thick films” [1] both in the context of large-scale geophysical flows and down to lubrication scales . In this presentation, I will give an overview of the principal properties of this multilayer, semi-discrete approximation of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations with a free-surface and its theoretical and practical connections with previous classical film models.
[1] Popinet, S. (2020). A vertically-Lagrangian, non-hydrostatic, multilayer model for multiscale free-surface flows, Journal of Computational Physics, 418, 109609.
Series This talk is part of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows (IEEF) series.
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Stephane Popinet, Sorbonne University
Thursday 16 October 2025, 11:30-12:30