Stability of Newtonian and viscoelastic dynamic contact lines

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 460-478

  Spaid, M A ^a   Homsy, G M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW STABILITY; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; VISCOELASTIC FLUIDS;

EID: 0028992597     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868800     Document Type: Article

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