The dynamics of a localized surfactant on a thin film

DOI10.1017/S0022112090002257zbMath0698.76132MaRDI QIDQ3476534

Donald P. III Gaver, James Grotberg

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

thin film; localized insoluble surfactant; lung's thin-film lining

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76Z05: Physiological flows

76R99: Diffusion and convection

76M99: Basic methods in fluid mechanics

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