Spreading of a wetting film under the action of van der Waals forces

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 480-489

  Pismen, Len M ^a   Rubinstein, Boris Y ^a   Bazhlekov, Ivan ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILM; FORCE; LIQUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SPREADING RATE;

EID: 0034035663     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870253     Document Type: Article

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