A rivulet of perfectly wetting fluid draining steadily down a slowly varying substrate

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-322

  Wilson, S K ^a   Duffy, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lubrication approximation; Perfectly wetting fluid; Rivulet

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SUBSTRATES; WETTING;

LUBRICATION APPROXIMATION; PERFECTLY WETTING FLUID; RIVULET FLOWS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 17644403521     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxh035     Document Type: Article

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