Nonlinear dynamics of three-dimensional long-wave Marangoni instability in thin liquid films

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1633-1645

  Oron, Alexander ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUIDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FINGERING; MARANGONI INSTABILITY; RANDOM DISTURBANCES; RUPTURE; THERMOCAPILLARY; THIN LIQUID FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

INSTABILITY; LIQUID FILM; MARANGONI EFFECT; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0033924131     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870415     Document Type: Article

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