Asymptotic regimes of ridge and rift formation in a thin viscous sheet model

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Perazzo, Carlos Alberto ^a   Gratton, Julio ^b  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; PHYSICS; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VISCOSITY;

ASYMPTOTIC REGIMES; ASYMPTOTICS; DAM-BREAKS; DRY REGION; LINEAR PHASE; SELF-SIMILAR; THIN VISCOUS SHEET; UNIFORM LAYER; RIDGE; RIFT; VISCOUS DAM; VISCOUS SHEET MODEL;

NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; DAMS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DAMS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 43149123356     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2908356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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