Shear-thinning liquid films: Macroscopic and asymptotic behaviour by quasi-self-similar solutions

Nonlinearity

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2147-2164

  Ansini, L ^a   Giacomelli, L ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 0041972678     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/15/6/318     Document Type: Article

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