Singularity formation in a model for the vortex sheet with surface tension

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-111

  Ambrose, David M ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Singularities; Surface tension; Vortex sheet

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION RELATIONS; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; FINITE TIME SINGULARITY; FLUID INTERFACE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; MODEL PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SELF-INTERSECTIONS; SIMPLE MODEL; SINGULARITIES; SINGULARITY FORMATION; VORTEX SHEET; WELLPOSEDNESS;

CAPILLARITY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE WAVES; WETTING;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 70349186572     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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