Analysis of the thin film flow in a rough domain filled with micropolar fluid

Inspired by the lubrication framework, in this paper a micropolar fluid flow through a rough thin domain is studied. The domain’s thickness is considered as the small parameter ε, while the roughness is defined by a periodical function with period of order ε2. Starting from three-dimensional micropo...

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Authors: Pazanin, Igor, Suárez Grau, Francisco Javier
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2014
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repository:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/138582
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/138582
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2014.10.003
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Thin-film flow
Micropolar fluid
Rough boundary
Different scales
Asymptotic expansion
Two-scale convergence
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Summary:Inspired by the lubrication framework, in this paper a micropolar fluid flow through a rough thin domain is studied. The domain’s thickness is considered as the small parameter ε, while the roughness is defined by a periodical function with period of order ε2. Starting from three-dimensional micropolar equations and using asymptotic analysis with respect to ε, we formally derive the macroscopic model clearly detecting the effects of the specific rugosity profile and fluid microstructure. We provide the rigorous justification of our formally obtained asymptotic model by deriving the effective system by means of the two-scale convergence.