Numerical simulations of fingering instabilities in surfactant-driven thin films

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Craster, R V ^a   Matar, O K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloids; Film flow; Flow instability; Flow simulation; Liquid films; Lubrication; Nonlinear equations; Surfactants; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; LUBRICATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIN FILMS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FILM FLOW; FLOW INSTABILITY; FLOW SIMULATION; LIQUID FILMS;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LUBRICATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIN FILMS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33645470806     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2180776     Document Type: Article

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