Tear film dynamics on an eye-shaped domain I: Pressure boundary conditions

Mathematical Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-254

  Maki, Kara L ^a   Braun, Richard J ^a   Henshaw, William D ^b   Ewen King Smith, P E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lubrication theory; Overset grid; Tear film; Thin film

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATION THEORY; LUBRICATION;

FILM DYNAMICS; LUBRICATION THEORY; METHOD OF LINES; NONLINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; OVERSET GRID; PRESSURE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SURFACE BOUNDARIES; SURFACE GRAVITY; TEAR FILMS; THIN-FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 77956252609     PISSN: 14778599     EISSN: 14778602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqp023     Document Type: Article

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