Sharp-interface limit of the Cahn-Hilliard model for moving contact lines

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 645, Issue , 2010, Pages 279-294

  Yue, Pengtao ^a   Zhou, Chunfeng ^b   Feng, James J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID MECHANICS;

CAHN-HILLIARD MODEL; DIFFUSE INTERFACE MODELS; INTERFACIAL THICKNESS; MOVING CONTACT LINES; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SHARP INTERFACE LIMITS; SHARP INTERFACE MODEL;

ENGINEERING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 77952410968     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009992679     Document Type: Article

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