Capillary drainage of an annular film: The dynamics of collars and lobes

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 552, Issue , 2006, Pages 311-343

  Lister, J R ^a   Rallison, J M ^a   King, A A ^b   Cummings, L J ^b   Jensen, O E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAINAGE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

ANNULAR FILMS; CAPILLARY DRAINAGE; LANDAU-LEVICH EQUATION;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

CAPILLARY FLOW; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAINAGE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

CYLINDER;

EID: 33645351705     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006008822     Document Type: Article

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