Nonlinear Stability Analysis of the Thin Micropolar Liquid Film Flowing Down on a Vertical Cylinder

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 411-421

  Cheng, Po Jen ^a   Chen, Cha'O Kuang ^b   Lai, Hsin Yi ^b  

^a FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILM FLOWS; FREE FILMS; LINEAR STABILITY; METHOD OF MULTIPLE SCALE; MICROPOLAR; MODELING RESULTS; NONLINEAR KINEMATICS; NONLINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; NORMAL MODES; PERTURBATION METHOD; PLANAR FLOW; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUBCRITICAL INSTABILITY; SUPERCRITICAL STABILITY; VERTICAL CYLINDERS; WEAKLY NON-LINEAR STABILITIES;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); LIQUID FILMS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; STABILITY;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 0242707710     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1359524     Document Type: Review

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