A new type of instability: Explosive disturbances in a liquid film inside a rotating horizontal cylinder

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 497, Issue , 2003, Pages 201-224

  Benilov, E S ^a   O'Brien, S B G ^a   Sazonov, I A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); LUBRICATION; SOLUTIONS;

ASYMPTOTIC EQUATION;

VISCOUS FLOW;

CYLINDER; EXPLOSIVE; INSTABILITY; LIQUID FILM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATION; VISCOUS FLUID;

EID: 0842344498     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003006633     Document Type: Article

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