Thin-film equations with "partial wetting" energy: Existence of weak solutions

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 209, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 17-27

  Bertsch, Michiel ^a   Giacomelli, Lorenzo ^b   Karali, Georgia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact angles; Droplets; Fourth order degenerate parabolic equations; Free boundary problems; Thin liquid films; Wetting

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; LUBRICATION; WETTING;

AD HOC CLASS; DISSIPATION RELATION; NON-ZERO DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; WEAK SOLUTIONS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 24144466862     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2005.06.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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