Three-dimensional coating and rimming flow: a ring of fluid on a rotating horizontal cylinder

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The steady three-dimensional flow of a thin, slowly varying ring of Newtonian fluid on either the outside or the inside of a uniformly rotating large horizontal cylinder is investigated. Specifically, we study “full-ring” solutions, corresponding to a ring of continuous, finite and non-zero thickness that extends all the way around the cylinder. In particular, it is found that there is a critical solution corresponding to either a critical load above which no full-ring solution exists (if the...

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Authors: Leslie, G; Wilson, S; Duffy, B

• Publication date: 2012-01-01