Long interfacial waves inside an inclined permeable channel

The time evolution of superposed layers of fluid flowing down inside an inclined permeable channel is investigated. Using the Karman-Pohlhausen approximation, the problem is reduced to the study of the evolution equation for the liquid-liquid interface of the liquids film derived through a long-wave approximation. A linear stability analysis of the base flow is performed. The solutions and stability of the non-linear stationary long waves are investigated. A special form of the stationary long waves (say Shkadov waves) is introduced. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.