Capillarity driven spreading of circular drops of shear-thinning fluid

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 729-734

  Betelu S I ^a   Fontelos, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; THIN FILMS;

CIRCULAR DROPS; LIQUID DROPS; POWER-LAW RHEOLOGY; SHEAR-THINING FLUIDS;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 14944375324     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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