Rupture of thin viscous films by van der waals forces: Evolution and self-similarity

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1130-1141

  Vaynblat, Dimitri ^a   Lister, John R ^b   Witelski, Thomas P ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THIN FILMS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VISCOUS FLOW;

VISCOUS STRESSES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FILM; FORCE; RUPTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035339756     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1359749     Document Type: Article

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