Thin-film flows with wall slip: An asymptotic analysis of higher order glacier flow models

Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-114

  Schoof, Christian ^a   Hindmarsh, Richard C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; FLUID FILMS; FORCE BALANCES; FREE SURFACES; GLACIER FLOW; HIGH VISCOSITIES; HIGHER ORDER; HYBRID MODEL; LUBRICATION MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL APPLICATION; POWER LAW FLUID; SECOND ORDERS; SHEAR THINNING; STOKES EQUATIONS; THIN FILM FLOW; WALL SLIP;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; GLACIERS; LUBRICATION;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955856791     PISSN: 00335614     EISSN: 14643855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmam/hbp025     Document Type: Article

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