Fingering phenomena created by a soluble surfactant deposition on a thin liquid film

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2933-2951

  Warner, M R E ^a   Craster, R V ^a   Matar, O K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; KINETIC THEORY; LUBRICATION; THIN FILMS;

FINGERING PHENOMENA; LUBRICATION APPROXIMATION; SURFACTANT DEPOSITION;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

FINGERING; FLOW MODELING; LIQUID FILM; SURFACTANT;

EID: 4344593582     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1763408     Document Type: Article

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