B2 24
Part II, 2003
A plate is drawn vertically out of a bath and the resultant liquid drains off the plate as a thin film. Using lubrication theory, show that the governing equation for the thickness of the film, is
where is time and is the distance down the plate measured from the top.
Verify that
satisfies and identify the function . Using this relationship or otherwise, determine an explicit expression for the thickness of the film assuming that it was initially of uniform thickness .