I PDEs greater than order 2 with real world applications?

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Came across this today, a fourth order PDE - the Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation, apparently used to model flames

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuramoto–Sivashinsky_equation

Any other examples of high order PDEs with actual applications?

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Another example is one dimensional transverse waves on a uniform slender beam, which satisfy ## u_{xxxx} + a^2 \, u_{tt} = 0 ##. This is a special case of the Euler-Bernoulli equation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler–Bernoulli_beam_theory
 

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