Nonlinear dynamics of electrified thin liquid films

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1310-1329

  Tseluiko, Dmitri ^a   Papageorgiou, Demetrios T ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrohydrodynamics; Nonlocal evolution equation; Thin film

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL FLAT PLATE; NONLOCAL EVOLUTION EQUATION; PARALLEL ELECTRODE; THIN LIQUID FILMS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACE TENSION;

LIQUID FILMS;

EID: 35348950013     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060663532     Document Type: Article

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