Rheological effects on tear film rupture

International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 552-562

  Gorla, Madhu Sudan Reddy ^a   Gorla, Rama Subba Reddy ^b  

^a Chicago Glaucoma Consultants   (United States)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RHEOLOGY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

AQUEOUS LAYER; FILM DRAINAGE PROCESS; NONLINEAR EVOLUTION EQUATION; TEAR FILM RUPTURE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 26944497607     PISSN: 21525102     EISSN: 21525110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v31.i6.20     Document Type: Article

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