On a generalized approach to the linear stability of spatially nonuniform thin film flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1344-1347

  Davis, Jeffrey M ^a   Troian, Sandra M ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LUBRICANTS; SURFACE TENSION; THIN FILMS;

LUBRICATION FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FILM; FREE SURFACE FLOW; NON-UNIFORM FLOW; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0037869405     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1564094     Document Type: Article

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