Thin film flow dynamics on fiber nets

We analyze existence and qualitative behavior of non-negative weak solutions for fourth order degenerate parabolic equations on graph domains with Kirchhoff's boundary conditions at the inner nodes and Neumann boundary conditions at the boundary nodes. The problem is originated from industrial constructions of spray coated meshes which are used in water collection and in oil-water separation processes. For a certain range of parameter values we prove convergence toward a constant steady state that corresponds to the uniform distribution of coating on a fiber net.

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