Motion of a droplet by surface tension along the boundary

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-305

  Alikakos, Nicholas D ^a,b   Chen, Xinfu ^c   Fusco, Giorgio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

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EID: 0346856926     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005260000052     Document Type: Article

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