Instabilities in gravity driven flow of thin fluid films

SIAM Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-115

  Kondic, L ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference methods; Fluid dynamics; Nonlinear partial differential equations; Perturbation theory

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITATION; LUBRICATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

THIN FLUID FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0037354337     PISSN: 00361445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003614450240135     Document Type: Review

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