Developing flow of a power-law liquid film on an inclined plane

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2973-2986

  Weinstein, Steven J ^a   Ruschak, Kenneth J ^a   Ng, Kam C ^a  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; VELOCITY;

LIQUID FILMS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FILM THICKNESS; LIQUID FILM; LIQUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242349739     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1605742     Document Type: Article

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