Linear stability analysis of a sharp-interface model for dewetting thin films

DOI10.1007/s10665-008-9242-2zbMath1160.76017MaRDI QIDQ1015997

Barbara Wagner, Andreas Münch, John R. King

Publication date: 4 May 2009

Published in: Journal of Engineering Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-008-9242-2

zbMATH Keywords

matched asymptotic expansions; lubrication model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76A20: Thin fluid films

76D08: Lubrication theory

76M45: Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76E17: Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability

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Uses Software

• ODEPACK

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