The spreading and stability of a surfactant-laden drop on a prewetted substrate

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 554, Issue , 2006, Pages 5-24

  Jensen, O E ^a   Naire, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIN FILMS; VISCOUS FLOW;

MARANGONI FLUX; PREWETTED SUBSTRATE; SURFACTANT-LADEN DROP; VISCOUS DROP;

DROP FORMATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIN FILMS; VISCOUS FLOW;

DROPLET; FLOW STABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACTANT; WETTING;

EID: 33646055813     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005008104     Document Type: Article

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