A justification for the thin film approximation of Stokes flow with surface tension

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 245, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2802-2845

  Gunther M ^a   Prokert, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Degenerate parabolic evolution; Free boundary motion; Lubrication approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049122591     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: 10902732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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