Investigation of the stability of a heavy fluid film in a hot heat-conducting gas jet on an inclined phase-transition surface

The stability of the flow of a heavy viscous fluid film flowing along the inclined phase-transition surface is examined. In contrast to 1] wherein it was assumed that a constant temperature is maintained on the free surface, it is assumed here that the fluid film is on the boundary with a gas jet which has finite specific heat and heat conduction. In this connection, the stability criteria differ substantially from 1].Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 10–18, July–August, 1974.