Computing three-dimensional thin film flows including contact lines

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 274-306

  Diez, Javier A ^a   Kondic, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drops coalescence; Finite differences; Nonlinear fourth order diffusion; Nonuniform grid; Thin film flows

Indexed keywords

DROPS; GRAVITATION; LIQUID FILMS; TOPOLOGY;

3D UNSTEADY FLOW; CONTACT LINES; DROP COALESCENCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FOURTH ORDER DIFFUSION; NON-UNIFORM GRIDS; NONLINEAR FOURTH-ORDER DIFFUSION; QUASI-3D; THIN FILM FLOW; THIN LIQUID FILM;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0037146419     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2002.7197     Document Type: Article

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