A spectral theory for fingering on a prewetted plane

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2494-2515

  Ye, Yi ^a   Chang, Hsueh Chia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 0000193102     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870114     Document Type: Article

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