10 G. C.

Hocking

Fig. 3 Surface shape for a 1.4

corrugated perturbation with 1.2
k = 2.5 and ε = 0.1. The 1
dashed line represents where Coating
0.8

Height
the surface coating would be
if it had uniform thickness 0.6
0.4
0.2
Substrate
0
-0.2
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y

4.2 Single Bumps and Dips

If we assume a Gaussian shape for the perturbation, then it is possible to compute

the coating thickness for a single bump or dip. Therefore, we take the deviation to
be of the form
f S (y) = ±εe−y /α ,
2
(28)

where the sign determines whether it is a dip or a bump. This time we can see that if
u 1 (y, z) takes the form of (23) and

∞
−y 2 /α
u 1 (y, 0) = f S (y) = e = A(k) sinh(−k) cos ky dk, (29)
0

giving
 α 1/2 e−αk 2
A(k) = −2 (30)
π sinh k
using Fourier Cosine transforms, and hence

 α 1/2 ∞ e−αk 2 sinh k(z − 1)

u 1 (y, z) = −2 cos ky dk (31)
π sinh k
0

and finally
 α 1/2 ∞ ke−αk 2
f 1 (y) = −u 1z (y, 1) = 2 cos ky dk. (32)
π sinh k
0

Figure 4 shows solutions for (a) a bump with ε = 0.2, and α = 1 and (b) a dip of
similar dimension. The bump leads to a coating of uniform thickness except for a
slight thickening on either side of the peak. This is similar to the corrugated example
in that the coating smooths over the flaw to some extent. However, the dip creates a