Insoluble surfactant spreading on a thin viscous film: Shock evolution and film rupture

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 240, Issue , 1992, Pages 259-288

  Jensen, O E ^a   Grotberg, J B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FILMS; LUBRICATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SURFACTANTS; THIN/VISCOUS;

EID: 0026803604     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112092000090     Document Type: Article

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