Contact in a viscous fluid. Part 1. A falling wedge

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 646, Issue , 2010, Pages 327-338

  Cawthorn, C J ^a   Balmforth, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISCOSITY;

APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; LOGARITHMIC DIVERGENCE; LUBRICATION THEORY; PLANE SURFACES; SHARP CORNERS; SMOOTH SURFACE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL WEDGE; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

VISCOUS FLOW;

STOKES FORMULA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 77952335843     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009993090     Document Type: Article

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