On the breakup of fluid films of finite and infinite extent

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Diez, Javier A ^a   Kondic, Lou ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DROP BREAKUP; FILM THICKNESS; GRAVITATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DEWETTING FRONTS; DEWETTING PROCESS; THIN FLUID FILMS;

LIQUID FILMS;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DROP BREAKUP; FILM THICKNESS; GRAVITATION; LIQUID FILMS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 34547817020     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2749515     Document Type: Article

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