A two-dimensional similarity solution for capillary driven flows

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 136-140

  Betelu S I ^a   Diez, J A ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

02.30.J; 47.11; 68.45.G; Capillary flow; Lubrication equations; Self similarity; Thin film; Two dimensional

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038212468     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00268-1     Document Type: Article

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