Rolling stones: The motion of a sphere down an inclined plane coated with a thin liquid film

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Bico, J ^a,b   Ashmore Chakrabarty, J ^c   McKinley, G H ^a   Stone, H A ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b ESPCI   (France)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID FILMS; LUBRICATION;

CAPILLARY FORCE; INCLINED PLANES; INTERFACIAL FORCES; NONTRIVIAL EXPONENTS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; ROTATIONAL SPEED; SPHERICAL BEADS; THIN LIQUID FILM;

SPHERES;

EID: 70049116827     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3207884     Document Type: Article

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