Thermal singularities in film rupture

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3433-3435

  Oron, Alexander ^a,b   Bankoff, S George ^b,c   Davis, Stephen H ^b,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c Department of Chemical Engineering ^*

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EID: 0040496219     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869127     Document Type: Article

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