Thinning and disturbance growth in liquid films mobilized by continuous surfactant delivery

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3837-3845

  Fischer, Benjamin J ^a   Troian, Sandra M ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSIENTS;

INTERFACIAL CURVATURES; THIN LIQUID FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

FILM THICKNESS; LIQUID FILM; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR THINNING; SURFACTANT;

EID: 0347516602     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1623489     Document Type: Article

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