The lubrication theory was used to derive the evolution equation of thin liquid film thickness. The variations of ultrathin liquid film thickness on different topography surfaces
and the influence of topography structure and gravity were analyzed on the basis of the numerical simulation with the PDECOL code. The results show that microscale topography can cause liquid local pressure to increase or decrease
thus forming the ridge or depression and then leading the free surface of the ultrathin liquid film to be deformed. The increase in topography depth and the decrease in steepness can enhance the deformation of the ultrathin liquid film. The increase in topography width only in a small range can yield the amplification of the ultrathin liquid film deformation. The increase in corrugated topography height can enhance the ridge and mitigate the depression of the liquid film while the wave number of topography has an adverse effect. In addition
gravity can inhibit the formation of the ridge and depression of the ultrathin liquid film.
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