Thin liquid films in a funnel

Fluid films flowing down a tube develop fingers; fluid films flowing down an incline can – but convergent fluids on a planar substrate suppress instabilities. What about the in-between situation? We answer that question here.

T.-S. Lin, J.A. Dijksman, L. Kondic — Journal of Fluid Mechanics 924 (2021)

10.1017/jfm.2021.626