Unsteady bubble propagation in a flexible channel: Predictions of a viscous stick-slip instability

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 528, Issue , 2005, Pages 53-56

  Halpern, David ^a   Naire, Shailesh ^b,c   Jensen, Oliver E ^b   Gaver III, Donald P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BUBBLE PROPAGATION; PEELING MOTION; STEADY MOTION; STICK-SLIP MOTION;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 18144388300     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200400309X     Document Type: Article

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