Rupture of equilibrium foam films due to random thermal and mechanical perturbations

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 282-283, Issue , 2006, Pages 24-36

  Narsimhan, Ganesan ^a   Wang, Zebin ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foam film; Random pressure fluctuations; Rupture time; Thermal fluctuations; Thin film rupture

Indexed keywords

FOAMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FOAM FILM; RANDOM PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; THIN FILM RUPTURE;

THIN FILMS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; FILM; FOAM; GAS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOISE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 33744541668     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2005.10.040     Document Type: Article

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