Surface-tension-driven dewetting of Newtonian and power-law fluids

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 241-266

  Flitton, J C ^a   King, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact line motion; High order nonlinear diffusion; Shear thinning and shear thickening fluids; Thin film flows

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SHEAR THINNING; SURFACE TENSION;

CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; CONTACT LINE MOTION; DEGENERATE PARABOLIC EQUATION; HIGHLY VISCOUS FLUIDS; NEWTONIAN AND POWER LAW FLUIDS; NONLINEAR DIFFUSION; SHEAR THICKENING FLUID; THIN FILM FLOW;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 28844451454     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: 15732703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10665-004-3688-7     Document Type: Article

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