A thin rivulet of perfectly wetting fluid subject to a longitudinal surface shear stress

Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-61

  Sullivan, J M ^a   Wilson, S K ^a   Duffy, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY FLOW; WETTING;

QUASI-STEADY STABILITY; THIN RIVULET; WETTING FLUID;

LUBRICATION;

EID: 38549127278     PISSN: 00335614     EISSN: 14643855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmam/hbm023     Document Type: Article

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