Convergence of a finite-element approximation of surfactant spreading on a thin film in the presence of van der Waals forces

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 323-363

  Barrett, J W ^a   Nurnberg R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convergence analysis; Finite elements; Fourth order degenerate parabolic system; Surfactant; Thin film flow

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS; EXISTENCE OF A SOLUTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; FOURTH ORDER DEGENERATE PARABOLIC SYSTEM; NONLINEAR DEGENERATE PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR DISCRETE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; THIN FILM FLOW;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 4043077884     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/24.2.323     Document Type: Article

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