Thin film equations with soluble surfactant and gravity: Modeling and stability of steady states

Mathematische Nachrichten

Volumn 285, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 210-222

  Escher, Joachim ^a   Hillairet, Matthieu ^b   Laurençot, Philippe ^c   Walker, Christoph ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Degenerate parabolic equations; Linearized stability; Lubrication approximation; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856449541     PISSN: 0025584X     EISSN: 15222616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mana.201010009     Document Type: Article

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