Instability of a transverse liquid rivulet on an inclined plane

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Diez, Javier A ^a   González, Alejandro G ^a   Kondic, Lou ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; MACHINERY; SILICONES; SUBSTRATES; WETTING;

COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; DOMINANT WAVELENGTH; FINITE SIZE EFFECT; INCLINATION ANGLES; LUBRICATION APPROXIMATIONS; PARALLEL COMPONENT; STABILITY REGIONS; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE;

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859311474     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3685802     Document Type: Article

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