title: Dynamics of a climbing surfactant-laden film--I: base-state flow.
abstract: The dynamics of a surfactant-laden film climbing up an inclined plane is investigated through a two-dimensional (2-D), nonlinear evolution equation for the interface coupled to convective-diffusion equations for the surfactant, derived using lubrication theory. One-dimensional (1-D) solutions, representing the base-state flow, are investigated for constant flux and constant volume configurations; these flows are parameterised by capillarity, gravity, convection-diffusion ratios (represented by Péclét numbers at the surface and bulk), a solubility parameter, sorption kinetics constants, the number of surfactant monomers in a micelle, and the nonlinearity of the surfactant equation of state. In both configurations studied, a front develops spreading up the substrate against the direction of gravity whereby the leading edge of the front follows a power-law as a function of time. The effect of system parameters on the base-state flow is explored through an extensive parametric study, while the stability of the above-mentioned system to spanwise perturbations is the focus of Part II.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom. am503@math.ucla.edu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mavromoustaki
authors.forename: O K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Matar
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Craster
mesh_terms: D004058:Diffusion; D006112:Gravitation; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008823:Micelles; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013499:Surface Properties; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008823:Micelles; D013501:Surface-Active Agents