The effect of electric fields on the rupture of thin viscous films by van der Waals forces

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 641-652

  Savettaseranee, K ^a   Papageorgiou, D T ^a   Petropoulos, P G ^a   Tilley, B S ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACE TENSION; THIN FILMS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

NONLINEAR STABILITY;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

ELECTRIC FIELD; LIQUID FILM; RUPTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037347472     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1538250     Document Type: Article

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